Quotation: "The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government."
As this nation makes yet another attempt (almost certainly doomed from the start) to put a few sensible and responsible restrictions on firearm ownership, this quotation pops up here and there as evidence that T. Jefferson was seriously pro-gun. Don't believe it. The Internets are full of bogus quotes attributed to Jefferson, Adams, Washington, and Madison. There are so many non-Jefferson quotes that the website for Monticello has a link to Spurious Quotations. Link is here.
Update: I thought I was so clever....I thought I had discovered some little secret about this and other quotes. But then half an hour after I posted the above I was roaming around on CNN News and found this. Good! I want everyone to learn about the dishonesty of some gun lovers. Not all, I know. Just some. But still.
4 comments:
There are so many credulous people who believe EVERYTHING they read on Facebook or in someone's e-mail forward. It makes me despair for the human race.
One of my favoriate Facebook posts:
"The trouble with quotes on the internet is that it is difficult to determine whether or not they are genuine."
Abraham Lincoln
Good one Kathy, made me laugh to myself.
But then I thought about your post Pam and the CNNN link and it really is no laughing matter is it. The internet is a wonderful source of information but it is equally a source of mis-information. Recently I have also been thinking about the dangers of mis-information in regards to food preservation or other how-tos. At least how-tos are easy to research but quotes are something quite hard to prove or disprove. The gun debate is sparking other important debate too it seems.
Reform is needed, but I am not ready to give mine up. I am not a freak about guns, though. It's not like I own an assault rifle but I live in the country. Guns are useful out here.
Funny quote by honest Abe, Kathy.
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