longwatch
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Hawkflyer wrote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyond_This_Horizon
Hawkflyer wrote:
Specifically from 'Beyond this Horizon'Citizen wrote:
BobCav wrote:SNIP The phrase "An armed society is a polite society" was written in a time when OC was the norm and CC was for criminals and now you know why!
Can you point me to the reference, BobCav?
The earliest I know about is Robert Heinlein, the author. He was part of the Golden Age of Science Fiction, which started, I think, in the 1930's.
According to the NRA he is the originator of the quote.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyond_This_Horizon