He that in the state of society would take away the freedom belonging to those of that society or commonwealth [freedom to keep and bear arms in self-defense] must be supposed to design to take away from them everything else, and so be looked on as in a state of war.
People who don't recognize the value of the second amendment are fools who haven't studied history. A disarmed populace is an oppressed populace.
This is a hell of a quote