When I say "The right to bear arms is the right to be free," I am paraphrasing a line from The Weapon Shops of Isher by Canadian science fiction writer A. E. van Vogt. He wrote, "The right to buy weapons is the right to be free". I think the Weapon Shops is the best book written by van Vogt.
This is a great story, but the line, "the right to buy weapons is the right to be free," is absolutely true.
I will also mention his science fiction novel Slan. I enjoyed that when I was a kid, but it seemed juvenile when I read it as an adult.
Robert
