Courage is the most important virtue because, without courage, it is impossible to practice the other virtues. − Aristotle

Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities, because it is the quality that guarantees all the others. − Winston Churchill

Consider what these great men taught us. What is true for virtues is equally true for rights. Now consider the Bill of Rights. Which one guarantees all the others? The Second, of course.

What are gun-confiscation activists really saying? They are telling us that we will be prevented from protecting and defending our most precious possessions – our loved ones and our homes. Instead, we must rely on them – the elite, as represented by the government – to protect what we hold dear. If there is a better description of a subject rather than a citizen, I have yet to hear it. It’s not gun control, it’s people control.

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