"Laws that forbid the carrying of arms . . . disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes . . . Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man." T. Jefferson
To disarm the people; that is the best and most effectual way to enslave them."
—George Mason, 3 Elliot debates on the Constitution 380, 1788
The Second Amendment-America's Original Homeland Security
The gun at my side means that I cannot be forced, only persuaded. I don't carry it because I'm afraid, but because it enables me to be unafraid.