James Henry Hammond Quotes
The only persons who do not have a revolver and a knife are those who have two revolvers
Even allowing for a certain amount of exaggeration, it is clear that there were many Americans who were personally armed in this period.
James Henry Hammond, 1807-1864, U. S. Congressman & Senator (Democrat, SC), 1833
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She advocated armed self-defense for Blacks.
There were very few people who believed that a pistol would have no defensive value then and there are very few today. The advocates of gun control grant its defensive value, but argue that the rise of using a gun is greater than the benefit of the use. Add to that the deaths from suicides and gun accidents which kill more Americans than those who are shot and killed intentionally.
Although written by a science fiction writer, this is one of the best quotations arguing for widespread gun ownership.
Gaver was a rabid gun enthusiast who advocated all Americans carry a gun.
This historical quotation gives us an interesting picture or Secret Service practices and First Family Security in 1937. Unlike all the first ladies before her and most after her, she was a very active political figure and regularly received threats. Yet she not only drove alone on occasions, but published that fact to the world in this column. Also, although an extreme liberal, she had little trouble carrying a gun and learning to use it. Her father and her Uncle Theodore Roosevelt both were very comfortable with guns. What is surprising is that the Secret Service did not provide more protection for her. At that time gun ownership had not yet become a political issue, and Mrs. Roosevelt, a committed liberal, thought nothing of “packing heat” at a personal level.
James Henry Hammond was an attorney, politician, and planter from South Carolina. He served as a United States Representative from 1835–36, the 60th Governor of South Carolina from 1842–44, and United States Senator from 1857 to 1860. He was considered one of the major spokesmen in favor of slavery in the years before the American Civil War.
