On the record
Even now, laws are in force to keep arms out of the hands of a population which ought to be your reliance in danger, but which is your dread by day and night, in peace and war.
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Lewis Tappan
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Tappan highlights the paradox of laws that disarm a population that should be a source of strength but instead lives in fear.
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