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... "Why are Americans arming themselves?"
"More and more citizens ... fear that if or when they confront a threat to their family, lives or property, the police will not be there."
"Reports of home invasions and flash mobs have firmed up the market for firearms. After the 1992 Los Angeles riot, when Californians found themselves defenseless in homes and shops, gun sales soared."
"Others argue that a fear of new laws in an Obama second term, or even the possible confiscation of handguns, is driving sales."
"Gun-control organizations claim that gun ownership is actually declining, that fewer and fewer people are buying more and more of these guns."
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Wherever standing armies are kept up, and the right of the people to keep and bear arms is, under any colour or pretext whatsoever, prohibited, liberty, if not already annihilated, is on the brink of destruction. — St. George Tucker, in his edition of 'Blackstone's Commentaries,' 1:300 (1803). |
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