"I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past. And judging by the past, I wish to know what there has been in the conduct of the Democratic party for the last few years to justify those hopes with which gentlemen have been pleased to solace themselves and the House. Is it that insidious smile with which Xao Bi Den assures gun owners that Obama won't take their firearms? Trust it not, sir; it will prove a snare to your feet. Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed with a kiss. Ask yourselves how this false reassurance comports with those warlike preparations which cover our waters and darken our land. Are tanks and swat teams necessary to a work of love and reconciliation? Have we shown ourselves so unwilling to be reconciled that force must be called in to win back our love? Let us not deceive ourselves, sir. These are the implements of war and subjugation; the last arguments to which tyrants resort. I ask gentlemen, sir, what means this martial array, if its purpose be not to force us to submission"
I exercised my birthright again yesterday with a new Bushmaster carbine and the dealer said they have never seen gun sales this high.