"THE LAWS THAT FORBID THE CARRYING OF ARMS ARE LAWS OF SUCH A NATURE. THEY DISARM ONLY THOSE WHO ARE NEITHER INCLINED NOR DETERMINED TO COMMIT CRIMES.... SUCH LAWS MAKE THINGS WORSE FOR THE ASSAULTED AND BETTER FOR THE ASSAILANTS; THEY SERVE RATHER TO ENCOURAGE THAN TO PREVENT HOMICIDES, FOR AN UNARMED MAN MAY BE ATTACKED WITH GREATER CONFIDENCE THAN AN ARMED MAN."; - THOMAS JEFFERSON, COMMONPLACE BOOK (QUOTING 18TH CENTURY CRIMINOLOGIST CESARE BECCARIA), 1774-1776
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