Saturday, April 15, 2017
Tuesday, April 04, 2017
Second Amendment and False Jefferson Quote
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 Beccaria
Note: the quote comes from a translation of an essay by Beccaria
entitled "Essay on Crimes and Punishment" - sometimes falsely attributed
to Thomas Jefferson.
Saturday, April 01, 2017
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