![[The disarming of citizens] has a double effect, it palsies the hand and brutalizes the mind: a habitual disuse of physical forces totally destroys the moral [force]; and men lose at once the power of protecting themselves, and of discerning the cause of their oppression.](/assets/img/quote-photos/the-disarming-of-citizens-has-a-double-effect-it-palsies-the-hand-and-brutaliz.jpg)
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I'm pro-life. I'm pro-gun. I'm pro-family. And I'm pro-business. Charlie Crist
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gun tests auditions
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gun years gun-control
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gun banned if-i-could
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Banning guns addresses a fundamental right of all Americans to feel safe.
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men position-of-power promise
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Man lives only to learn. And if he learns it is because it is the nature of his lot, for good or bad.
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