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Liberal Says 2nd Amendment Meant to Give State Right to Bear Arms

whess Wrote: Dec 24, 2012 11:54 AM
Your wrong Dennis, to quote Thomas Jefferson quoting Cesare Beccaria, "Laws that forbid the carrying of arms, disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes. Such laws make things worse for the asaulted 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". Thomas Jefferson quoting Cesare Beccaria in On Crimes and Punishment. (1764)
whess Wrote: Dec 24, 2012 12:10 PM
Cesare Becceria was five years older than Thomas Jefferson and was a well known lawyer and writer on crime and punishment in both Italy and France at the time that Thomas Jefferson served as ambassador to France. Likely knew each oher personally.

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