Retired Justice Wants to Use Law to Fight Guns, While Former NYC Mayor Wants to Use Money

The Atlanta Black Star ^ | April 21, 2014 | Nick Chiles

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For whom that will attempt to infringe:

- "A free people ought not only to be armed and disciplined but they should have sufficient arms and ammunition to maintain a status of independence from any who might attempt to abuse them, which would include their own government."

-- George Washington



- "Fill your hand you son of a bitch!"

-- Rooster Cogburn

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That Washington quote sounds a little far-fetched. I’d like to see its source.

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- Do you believe JFK was a member of the NRA?

- Can you use GOOGLE Search?

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[sargon]

Can you use GOOGLE Search?

Yes, I can. Can you?

Because when I entered the beginning of that alleged Washington quote into Google, I immediately come across a Wikiquote page which mentions that quote in a section entitled "Spurious Attributions"!

That section lists "statements which evidence indicates are fabrications, never actually said by anyone prior to their being attributed to Washington."

So, it turns out, my instincts regarding the authenticity of that quote seem to have at lease some basis.

OK, snarkmaster general?

[BuckeyeTexan]

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“A free people ought to be armed.”
(President George Washington, Jan 14 1790, Boston Independent Chronicle.)

“Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.”
(William Pitt,Nov. 18, 1783)

“Stand your ground. Don’t fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war, let it begin here.” Captain John Parker, Apr. 19, 1775

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