Gee, I wonder whose counsel is more valuable and timeless: that of
America's Founding Fathers -- or of Piers Morgan?
If Piers Morgan, Dianne Feinstein, Barack Obama, and the rest of the
progressive Left want to limit the right to keep and bear arms, then
they must accomplish it the lawful way: by offering a Constitutional
Amendment and then passing it.
10. “Firearms stand next in
importance to the constitution itself. They are the American people’s
liberty teeth and keystone under independence … from the hour the
Pilgrims landed to the present day, events, occurrences and tendencies
prove that to ensure peace security and happiness, the rifle and pistol
are equally indispensable … the very atmosphere of firearms anywhere
restrains evil interference — they deserve a place of honor with all
that’s good.” --George Washington, First President of the United States
9.
"[The Constitution preserves] the advantage of being armed which
Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation...(where)
the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms." --James Madison,The Federalist Papers, No. 46.
8. “And that the said Constitution be never
construed to authorize Congress to infringe the just liberty of the
Press, or the rights of Conscience; or to prevent the people of the
United States, who are peaceable citizens, from keeping their own arms;
…” --Samuel Adams, 1789
7. “...the people are confirmed by the next article in their right to keep and bear their private arms" --Philadelphia Federal Gazette, June 18, 1789, Article on the Bill of Rights
6. "The people are not to be disarmed of their weapons. They are left in full posession of them.” --Zachariah
Johnson, Elliot’s Debates, vol. 3 “The Debates in the Several State
Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution.”
5. "Those who hammer their guns into plowshares will plow for those who do not." --Thomas
