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The American Revolution against British Gun Control
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| Summer 2012
| David B. Kopel
Posted on 01/02/2013 9:13:50 AM PST by RoosterRedux
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The author is Research Director, Independence Institute, and Adjunct Professor of Advanced Constitutional Law, Denver University, Sturm College of Law. This is article is adapted from How theBritish Gun Control Program Precipitated the American Revolution, 6 Charleston L. Rev. 283 (2012), available at http://ssrn.com/abstract=1967702.
To: RoosterRedux
From the TEXAS Declaration of Independence from Mexico..
http://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/texdec.asp
It has demanded us to deliver up our arms, which are essential to our defence, the rightful property of freemen, and formidable only to tyrannical governments.
THE RIGHTFUL PROPERTY OF FREEMEN! Even Texas understood it!
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posted on
01/02/2013 9:23:16 AM PST
by
Ruy Dias de Bivar
(REOPEN THE CLOSED MENTAL INSTITUTIONS! Damn the ACLU!)
To: RoosterRedux
Cool stuff. Thanks for posting this RR!
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posted on
01/02/2013 9:25:24 AM PST
by
Casie
(Chuck Norris 2016)
To: RoosterRedux
“Life, liberty and sacred honor”
Fast forward 100 years
Charley Waite:”You reckon them cows worth getting killed over?”
Boss Spearman:”Cows are one thing, but one man telling another man where he can go in this country is something else.”
“Man’s got a right to protect his property and his life, and we ain’t lettin’ no rancher or his lawman take either.”
Charley Waite: “There are things that gnaw at a man worse than dying.”
Fast forward 100+ years
The more things change, the more they stay the same. Keep your powder dry.
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posted on
01/02/2013 9:28:47 AM PST
by
tumblindice
(America's founding fathers: All armed conservatives.)
To: RoosterRedux
This should be sent to every member of Congress as a reminder of what happens when government tries to disarm a free people. We simply will not put up with it.
To: RoosterRedux
Hmmm, the FIRST Revolution was brought on and precipitated by gun control laws.
Just sayin’.
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posted on
01/02/2013 9:32:47 AM PST
by
Psalm 73
("Gentlemen, you can't fight in here - this is the War Room".)
To: RoosterRedux
This Article reviews the British gun control program that precipitated the American Revolution.
British attempts to control weapons was only one of many things that caused the revolution. In fact it was a reaction to the growing anger over the other issues.
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posted on
01/02/2013 9:35:52 AM PST
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: FReepers
I'll have the chili cheese fries,
with a side of cardiac arrest.
The FReepathon is on!
Click the Pic
Donate to Free Republic before digging in!
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posted on
01/02/2013 9:38:32 AM PST
by
deoetdoctrinae
(Gun free zones are playgrounds for felons.)
To: RoosterRedux
” One response to the problem was to deprive the Americans of gunpowder. “
Watch for some way “they” come up with to keep us from buying ammunition.
There really isn’t much they can do about the (literally) millions of guns in the hands of the American people, but they can come up with ways to keep those guns from being easily fed.
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posted on
01/02/2013 9:39:31 AM PST
by
sawmill trash
(Just clinging)
To: RoosterRedux
"Two days later in Virginia, royal authorities confiscated 20 barrels of gunpowder from the public magazine in Williamsburg and destroyed the public firearms there by removing their firing mechanisms. In response to complaints, manifested most visibly by the mustering of a large independent militia led by Patrick Henry, Governor Dunmore Senator Feinstein delivered a legal note promising to pay restitution."
To: RoosterRedux
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posted on
01/02/2013 9:59:48 AM PST
by
Perseverando
(Gun control? It's really not about gun control is it? It's really about PEOPLE CONTROL!)
To: RoosterRedux
To: Casie
Yur welcome.:-)
I too thought it was a really fun read.
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posted on
01/02/2013 10:08:34 AM PST
by
RoosterRedux
(He will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats)
To: RoosterRedux
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posted on
01/02/2013 10:10:59 AM PST
by
sunny48
To: patriotsblood
We simply will not put up with it.
You know, I've thought about that over the years, and have really hoped that Americans would stand up that way.
But when they take your wife or child, and put a gun to their head and say "turn in your guns", you'll turn them in. That's what I fear the most.
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posted on
01/02/2013 10:14:59 AM PST
by
TexasGunLover
("Either you're with us or you're with the terrorists."-- President George W. Bush)
To: RoosterRedux
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posted on
01/02/2013 10:26:38 AM PST
by
Candor7
(Obama fascism article:(http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html))
To: TexasGunLover
Good afternoon.
But when they take your wife or child, and put a gun to their head and say "turn in your guns", you'll turn them in.
There have been many posts from FReepers stating the same thing. Kinda depressing. I guess because most of them don't have the proper training, to wit:
When they come for your guns, and don't find them, then you ask the "official" who sent them to your house. Then you ask them additional "chain of command," questions. When you find out who it is that is at the top of their chain of command, you reacquire your weapons, ambush the official, and then take out all of his/her family and friends.
If I'm going to die anyway, may as well make a very violent, and bloody statement.
5.56mm
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posted on
01/02/2013 10:27:44 AM PST
by
M Kehoe
To: M Kehoe
“...you ask the “official” who sent them to your house.”
Good idea.
He’s making a list
And checking it twice;
Gonna find out Who’s naughty and nice
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posted on
01/02/2013 10:37:09 AM PST
by
sergeantdave
(The FBI has declared war on the Marine Corps)
To: RoosterRedux
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posted on
01/02/2013 10:56:31 AM PST
by
DTogo
(High time to bring back The Sons of Liberty !!)
To: RoosterRedux
. BOSTONIANS BEAR ARMS
``After the Battle of Lexington, British General Thomas Gage occupied Boston, Massachusetts. After negotiating with the town committee, Gage agreed to let the inhabitants of Boston leave town with their families and effects, if they surrendered all arms. While most of the residents of Boston stayed, those who left under the agreement surrendered 1778 firearms, 634 pistols, 273 bayonets, and only 38 blunderbusses``.[14]
14^ Abiel Holmes (1829). The Annals of America, Volume II. Hillard and Brown. p. 242 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blunderbuss
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posted on
01/02/2013 11:00:22 AM PST
by
bunkerhill7
(duhhh!!.)
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