News report that made me say ***?

[Ky Larry]

Was it Col. Cooper who said "An armed society is a polite society"?

 

[Treylis]

Was it Col. Cooper who said "An armed society is a polite society"?

Thomas Jefferson.

 

[mtnbkr]

..."Don't Fairfax Chesterfield"

Too late.

I lived there in the late 80s and go back from time to time to visit my wife's relatives. I don't even recognize the place anymore.

Chris

 

[Edward429451]

Was it Col. Cooper who said "An armed society is a polite society"?

Thomas Jefferson.

I thought it was Robert Heinlein.

 

[BryanP]

I thought it was Robert Heinlein.

You think correctly. It was neither Cooper nor Jefferson. It was Robert Heinlein speaking through the character Lazarus Long in the book "Time Enough For Love."

 

[lee n. field]

You think correctly. It was neither Cooper nor Jefferson. It was Robert Heinlein speaking through the character Lazarus Long in the book "Time Enough For Love."

Hamilton Felix, in Beyond This Horizon

 

[BryanP]

Whoops. It has been a while since I read that one. Guess I need to pull it off the shelf and re-read it.