I tripped over a great quote I'd used years back in a discussion the other day. I'd totally forgotten it but it was so perfect in that discussion. I thought it would be good to have a thread where we could copy paste these gems to support our arguments when new laws or just liberal smack talking comes up. This one I'd like to memorize, and not forget again.
Judge Alex Kozinski, a Jewish refugee from Eastern Europe, summed up his pro-gun argument/anti-restriction argument in his dissent in Silveira v. Lockyer:
Judge Alex Kozinski, a Jewish refugee from Eastern Europe, summed up his pro-gun argument/anti-restriction argument in his dissent in Silveira v. Lockyer:
"The prospect of tyranny may not grab the headlines the way vivid stories of gun crime routinely do. But few saw the Third Reich coming until it was too late. The Second Amendment is a doomsday provision, one designed for those exceptionally rare circumstances where all other rights have failed—where the government refuses to stand for reelection and silences those who protest; where courts have lost the courage to oppose, or can find no one to enforce their decrees. However improbable these contingencies may seem today, facing them unprepared is a mistake a free people get to make only once."