"One loves to possess arms, though they hope never to have occasion for them."
— Firearm

January 1, 1970

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Thomas Jefferson, letter to George Washington, 1796. (The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, Lipscomb and Bergh, editors, 20 Vols., Washington, D.C., 1903-04, 9:341.