From: "E.J. Totty", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Here is the Jefferson quote, I was seeking
and it is from "The Life and Selected Writings of
Thomas Jefferson."
Page 205:
Notes on Virginia
"Every able-bodies freeman, between the ages
of sixteen and fifty, is enrolled in the militia �
"The law requires every militia-man to provide
himself with the arms usual in the regular service. But
this injunction was always indifferently complied with,
and the arms they had, have been so frequently called for
to arm the regulars, that in the lower parts of the country
they are entirely disarmed. In the middle of the country
a forth or fifth part of them may have such firelocks as
they had provided to destroy the noxious animals which
infest their farms; and on the western side of the Blue
Ridge that are generally armed with rifles. "
ET
Cybershooters website: http://www.cybershooters.org
List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
___________________________________________________________
T O P I C A The Email You Want. http://www.topica.com/t/16
Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics
