10 Quotes That Show How Radical The Founding Fathers Were About Gun Ownership

#6. “Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom in Europe. The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword; because the whole body of the people are armed, and constitute a force superior to any band of regular troops that can be, on any pretence, raised in the United States.” Noah Webster, An Examination of the Leading Principles of the Federal Constitution

Noah Webster was known as the father of American scholarship and secular education. Webster’s quote explains how the right to bear arms is an important check on government power, giving the people of America more individual liberty than any other nation on earth.

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