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“Let us remind ourselves again that the Second Amendment of the US Constitution should be referred to as the Statute of Liberty.”

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The proliferation of right-to-carry laws throughout the states has drawn plaintive complaints from the criminal element. They feel that it makes their profession too…

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It appears that the murder rate inside prisons is ten times higher than that outside prisons. It must be due to all those Kalashnikov…

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Don't try to be fancy. Shoot for the center of mass. The world is full of decent people. Criminals we can do without.

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Therefore, if you are attacked, retaliate instantly. Be sudden. Be quick. Speed is your salvation.

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Political correctness is neither political nor is it correct. It amounts to social censorship, and the sooner we spit it out, the better.

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The rifle itself has no moral stature, since it has no will of its own. Naturally, it may be used by evil men for…

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If violent crime is to be curbed, it is only the intended victim who can do it. The felon does not fear the police,…

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Any man who is a man may not, in honor, submit to threats or violence. But many men who are not cowards are simply…

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Weapons compound man's power to achieve; they amplify the capabilities of both the good man and the bad, and to exactly the same degree,…

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It has long been my conviction that a masked man with a gun is a target. I see no reason to change that view.

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A fine marksman is with a second rate rifle is far more effective than the reverse.

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You better be looking for another pitcher.

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The First Amendment makes confidence in the common sense of our people and in the maturity of their judgement the great postulate of our…

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All human situations have their inconveniences. We feel those of the present but neither see nor feel those of the future; and hence we…

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If, in the opinion of the people, the distribution or modification of the constitutional powers be in any particular wrong, let it be corrected…

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The First Amendment exists to protect our religious liberty--to ensure that all Americans are able to seek out worship God with all our hearts,…

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Laws that forbid the carrying of arms . . . disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes . .…

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As civil rulers, not having their duty to the people duly before them, may attempt to tyrannize,... The people are confirmed by the next…

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The lessons of the First Amendment are as urgent in the modern world as the 18th Century when it was written. One timeless lesson…

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The American people intuitively understand this, which is why the majority of Catholics practice birth control and some of those opposed to gay marriage…

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