German police shooting Jewish women who remain alive after execution - 1942“I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.” – Thomas Jefferson, letter to James Madison, January 30, 1787
“They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” – Benjamin Franklin, 1759
Now and then I find myself having to revisit or remind readers why our founding fathers saw fit to include the right to bear arms in our Constitution, right up there with freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and so on.