Some of my favorite 2nd Amendment rights quotes come from people you probably wouldn't associate with being pro-gun. But with part of the 2nd Amendment being to protect the citizens of this nation from tyranny, both foreign and domesitic, some of the more notable peace lovers would also support the right to own firearms.
Here are two such quotes:
As we have seen, the first public expression of disenchantment with nonviolence arose around the question of “self-defense.†In a sense this is a false issue, for the right to defend one’s home and one’s person when attacked has been guaranteed through the ages by common law. – Martin Luther King, Jr.
Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the Act depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest. If we want the Arms Act to be repealed, if we want to learn the use of arms, here is a golden opportunity. If the middle classes render voluntary help to Government in the hour of its trial, distrust will disappear, and the ban on possessing arms will be withdrawn. – Mahatma Gandhi
Do you have any favorite quotes? Why are they your favorites?