A Daily Dose

[BigEFan]

I have to admit, I'm a political/policy junkie that longs for the days long since when the people in elected office stood for something and more of them spent time following the law instead of breaking it. CALL ME OLD FASHION!

Anyway, one thing I do almost daily is get a dose of political wisdom from those who have gone before us. I decided that from time to time I might share the ones that I find discussion worthy with my comrades. They won't always be specifically gun related, but since we are all certified and self diagnosed gun nuts here I thought I would start with a classic gun quote. Feel free to comment.

"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."

--Cesare, Marquis of Beccaria-Bonesana

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[P95Carry]

"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."

--Cesare, Marquis of Beccaria-Bonesana

I cannot fault that statement in the least - but I am sure Brady and Co would be able to pick holes in it - to somehow add to their control issues.

[CopperKnight]

A good quote. Cuts right to the core of the argument the 2A supporters make. And, Chris, I think the only holes the Brady Bunch can pick in this would be emotional ones, because, logically, it's foolproof.

[goawayfarm]

I'm a history NUT. I love reading about history & really love our country's history.

The quote above is really interesting when you consider that Cesare Beccaria wrote this in 1764. He was also a criminologist. By reading that quote you can tell that they were fighting the same fight we are fighting today. Gun control has been around a long, LONG, LONG time.

I'll add another quote as well:

"Are we at last brought to such humiliating and debasing degradation, that we cannot be trusted with arms for our defense? Where is the difference between having our arms in possession and under our direction, and having them under the management of Congress? If our defense be the real object of having those arms, in whose hands can they be trusted with more propriety, or equal safety to us, as in our own hands?" (Patrick Henry, 3 J. Elliot, Debates in the Several State Conventions 45, 2d ed. Philadelphia, 1836)

(p.s. A lot of my previous posts have included many different quotes.)

[P7fanatic]

A good quote. Cuts right to the core of the argument the 2A supporters make. And, Chris, I think the only holes the Brady Bunch can pick in this would be emotional ones, because, logically, it's foolproof.

Exactly what I was thinking. They may be able to pick it apart. They just won't be able to do it using logic.

[TN_Mike]

Good quote. I like that.

[Bob The Great]

They just won't be able to do it using logic.

Not that they ever do anyway.

That's a good quote. Thanks.