This statement about the right to bear arms, purportedly written by Thomas Jefferson, has been circulating online for several years. However, he's not its true source.
Thomas Jefferson wrote that"the strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms" is to"protect themselves against tyranny in government."A statement about the right to bear arms, purportedly written by Thomas Jefferson , has been circulating online for several years.
The phrase"No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms" shows up in a draft of a proposed Virginia constitution in 1776. Subsequent drafts included the bracketed qualifier that"No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms [within his own lands or tenements].
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