Two of my favorite quotes by Edward Abbey:

“If guns are outlawed, only the government will have guns. Only the police, the secret police, the military. The hired servants of our rulers”

“The tank, the B-52, the fighter-bomber, the state-controlled police, and military are the weapons of dictatorship. The rifle is the weapon of democracy…an armed citizenry is the first defense, the best defense, and the final defense against tyranny.”

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