I
want to be free of having to see false quotes from our founding fathers
regarding gun control. George Washington
never said “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.” Thomas Jefferson never said “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." They
never said these things, and furthermore who cares if they did? They lived in a time when we barely had a
professional army. In the 18th century there
were no assault weapons or cars or planes or free black people or women who
could vote. I don’t know what
Washington, Jefferson, or Madison would say about requiring background checks
on everyone who purchases a gun and banning assault weapons … and neither do
you. So let’s leave the old guys be. Let’s
stop it with the misleading Facebook posts and opinion pieces in the local
paper. Instead of lying about what
people said over two hundred years ago, how about we just come together to
solve a problem?
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