Misc
A Tyrannical Use Of Its Powers
If the federal government should overpass the just bounds of its authority and make a tyrannical use of its powers, the people, whose creature it is, must appeal to the standard they have formed, and take such measures to redress the injury done to the Constitution as the exigency may suggest and prudence justify. Alexander…
Read MoreToy Soldiers
Militia
What, sir, is the use of militia? It is to prevent the establishment of a standing army, the bane of liberty. Whenever governments mean to invade the rights and liberties of the people, they always attempt to destroy the militia, in order to raise an army upon their ruins. Elbridge Gerry U.S. House of Representatives…
Read MoreOne Of A Kind
This guest post is courtesy of Jennifer, author of In Jennifer’s Head. If you’ve got any information about her grandfather’s ashtray, please head on over to her site and let her know. I’m sure she would be very appreciative of any information you could provide. My grandfather was a WWII vet. He didn’t really talk…
Read More15th Century Machine Gun
When an ancient three-barrelled cannon was discovered by schoolchildren, museum officials would have known they had stumbled on a rare find. But now, 40 years after the discovery of the unique weapon, they have learned just how important it is – the gun is a prototype designed by Leonardo Da Vinci himself. The cannon was…
Read More