"A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity" - Sigmund Freud
"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
"What is the militia? It is the whole people, except for a few public officials." - George Mason, principle author of the Bill of Rights