Notable Quote – Noah Webster

From an email sent to me yesterday morning:

"Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed, as they are in almost every kingdom of Europe. The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword; because the whole body of the people are armed, and constitute a force superior to any band of regular troops that can be, on any pretence, raised in the United States."

–Noah Webster (An Examination of the Leading Principles of the Federal Constitution, 10 October 1787)

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The above was also accompanied by this:

In 1991 servicemen of Japan, the USA, and our allies were invited to Pearl Harbor for the 50th anniversary of Japan’s surprise attack which crippled our Navy on December 7, 1941. The final afternoon was set aside for a question and answer period. Former U.S. servicemen were allowed to ask questions of a World War II Japanese Admiral, and Japanese veterans were given the chance to ask questions of a World War II American general.

Although all the questions were interesting, one stood out above all. An American veteran of World War II posed this question to the Japanese Admiral: "After your surprise attack at Pearl  Harbor, why didn’t you attack our west coast mainland? We were so ill-prepared that  your Armies could have swept over half our country before we could even catch our breath; we just were not ready for war."

The Admiral answered with this: "You forget one important point: Your constitution, unlike almost any other in the world, plainly states all citizens can own weapons. We knew we could take on your military, but those of us who had lived in the USA and studied your people also knew that we would have had to fight your entire population, so our high commend refused to attack your mainland.”

When and if politicians and bureaucrats finally make the move to disarm the U.S. population, it will be time to fight. It’s notable that open carry without license is the law in New Hampshire, and that concealed weapons permits are required to be issued in the absence of legal grounds to deny. Consider the very first two articles of the NH State Constitution, especially Article 2-A.

(H/T: Tim)