Top 5 Thomas Jefferson Quotes on the Right to Bear Arms

Welcome to my listing of my top 5 Thomas Jefferson quotes on the Right to Bear Arms.

5. No freeman shall be debarred the use of arms.

4. The laws that forbid the carrying of arms are laws of such a nature. They disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes. Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.

3. The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.

2. One loves to possess arms, though they hope never to have occasion for them.

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1. [The Second Amendment]
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.