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    Plan ahead...

    Without a doubt, the liberal/socialist Democrats will soon try to push their anti-gun agenda on us again. Anybody planning to buy a new gun, more ammo or high capacity magazines should do so NOW before they become banned again. In a couple of days, Nancy "Plastic Surgery" Pelosi, Hitlery Clinton, Ted "The Lifeguard" Kennedy, "Hanoi" John Kerry and company will shove through an anti-gun bill that will make the last AWB look like nothing. Plan ahead for what you might need to buy BEFORE the Democrats curtail your efforts with their legislative garbage.

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    I think we'll be ok.

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    Quote Originally Posted by rmdugan84 View Post
    I think we'll be ok.
    thinking like that is where the problem is. Faith in our government to do what is best for the people is an idea of a bygone era.

    Benny Franklin said it best:
    * Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.

    This statement was used as a motto on the title page of An Historical Review of the Constitution and Government of Pennsylvania. (1759)
    which was attributed to Franklin in the edition of 1812, but in a letter of September 27, 1760 to David Hume, he states that he published this
    book and denies that he wrote it, other than a few remarks that were credited to the Pennsylvania Assembly, in which he served.
    The phrase itself was first used in a letter from that Assembly dated November 11, 1755 to the Governor of Pennsylvania.
    An article on the origins of this statement here includes a scan that indicates the original typography of the 1759 document,
    which uses an archaic form of "s": "Thoſe who would give up Essential Liberty to purchaſe a little Temporary Safety, deserve
    neither Liberty nor Safety." Researchers now believe that a fellow diplomat by the name of Richard Jackson is the primary author
    of the book. With the information thus far available the issue of authorship of the statement is not yet definitely resolved, but
    the evidence indicates it was very likely Franklin, who in the Poor Richard's Almanack of 1738 is known to have written a similar
    proverb: "Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor Liberty to purchase power."

    Many paraphrased variants derived from this saying have arisen and have usually been incorrectly attributed to Franklin:

    "They that can give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety."

    "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."

    "Those Who Sacrifice Liberty For Security Deserve Neither"

    "He who would trade liberty for some temporary security, deserves neither liberty nor security"

    "He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither"

    "People willing to trade their freedom for temporary security deserve neither and will lose both."

    "If we restrict liberty to attain security we will lose them both."

    "Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both."

    "He who gives up freedom for safety deserves neither"

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