# Friday, June 10, 2005
By: Joe Huffman Friday, June 10, 2005 8:48:00 AM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00) ( Freedom | Gun Rights | Quote of the Day )

The strongest reason for people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government.

Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson Papers
334 (C.J.Boyd, Ed., 1950)