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If it makes them want to ban guns, I am willing to take up that fight, any time. As Jefferson said, “A little revolution is a good thing from time to time.”

Revolutions are usually disasters for freedom. The American Revolution is something quite remarkable in history: an armed revolution that increased the freedom of every day people. The French Revolution, the Russian Revolution, and the Spanish Civil War are far more typical, where the most brutal thugs ended up in charge when all the bloodshed was finished.

There are times that there is no realistic choice in the matter. Decause the consequences are so serious, violent revolution is a last resort, as the Declaration of Independence reminds us.