Jim Folsom Quotes
Your home is your castle; defend it in any way necessary.
James E. Folsom, 1908-1988, Governor of Alabama (Democrat), Statewide Radio Address, Summer 1949
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Quote often cited by gun enthusiasts as a Biblical urging to be armed for self-protection and protection of the home. Likewise they argue that gun control is not only bad policy but against the will of God.
See also Coke's Reports, Semayne's Case, 1605. Compare Blackstone, above.
She told constituents that she would try and implement some gun control measures. She, later in her career explained to critics of Congressional inaction via gun control--see {640804}.
Also the motto on the coat-of-arms of Montgomery County, Maryland
James Elisha Folsom Sr., commonly known as Jim Folsom or Big Jim Folsom, was an American politician who served as the 42nd governor of the U.S. state of Alabama, having served from 1947 to 1951, and again from 1955 to 1959.