Worried about forthcoming gun control? So were these guys:

Robert Heinlein:
Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor and the contrary opinion are wishful thinking at its worst. Breeds that forget this basic truth have always paid for it with their lives and freedoms.

Robert Heinlein:
An armed society is a polite society.

Robert Heinlein:
"Reason is poor propaganda when opposed by the yammering, unceasing lies of shrewd and evil and self-serving men."

Mahatma Gandhi:
"Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act of depriving a whole nation of arms, as the blackest." (Autobiography, by M.K. Gandhi, p.446)

George Orwell, the author of Animal Farm and 1984, himself a socialist:
"That rifle on the wall of the labourer’s cottage or working class flat is the symbol of democracy. It is our job to see that it stays there."

George Orwell:
People sleep peaceablyin their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.

THOMAS JEFFERSON:
The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable that I wish it always to be kept alive.

Patrick Henry, 1775:
"It is in vain, Sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace! But there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the North will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that Gentlemen want? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!"

The Dalai Lama, (May 15, 2001, The Seattle Times):
"If someone has a gun and is trying to kill you, it would be reasonable to shoot back with your own gun." speaking at the "Educating Heart Summit" in Portland, Oregon, when asked by a girl how to react when a shooter takes aim at a classmate.