Thomas Jefferson Quotes On Gun Rights

Constitutional Christian Moment "I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man."Thomas Jefferson "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."Thomas Jefferson "Honor, justice, and humanity, forbid us tamely to surrender that freedom which we received from our gallant ancestors, and which our innocent posterity have a right to receive from us. We cannot endure the infamy and guilt of resigning succeeding generations to that wretchedness which inevitably awaits them if we basely entail hereditary bondage on them."Thomas Jefferson "Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans, and must be that of every free state." Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), US Founding Father, drafted the Declaration of Independence, 3rd US President