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Professor Joseph Olson Hamline University School of Law tel. (651) 523-2142 St. Paul, Minnesota 55104-1284 fax. (651) 523-2236 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>>> <DBK> 10/30/03 05:19AM >>> GEORGE ORWELL "The totalitarian states can do great things, but there is one thing they
cannot do: they cannot give the factory-worker a rifle and tell him to take it
home and keep it in his bedroom. THAT RIFLE HANGING ON THE WALL OF THE
WORKING-CLASS FLAT OR LABOURER'S COTTAGE, IS THE SYMBOL OF DEMOCRACY. IT IS OUR
JOB TO SEE THAT IT STAYS THERE." ( all caps are in the
original article )
The Complete Works of George Orwell, 20 volume set edited by Peter Davison. Published by Secker & Warburg, London: 1998.Vol XII, pages 362 through 365, article 743. "Don't Let Colonel Blimp Ruin the Home Guard" taken from the Evening Standard, 8 Jan 1941. Unfortunately Her Majesty's Government did not heed Orwell's plea. He
understood the meaning of "militia."
Joseph Olson and David Kopel, All the Way Down the Slippery Slope: Gun
Prohibition in England and Some Lessons for Civil Liberties in America, 22
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