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“As in Machiavelli, the bearing of arms is the essential medium through which the individual asserts both his social power and his participation in politics as a responsible moral being; but the possession of land in nondependent tenure is now the material basis for bearing of arms.” IndividualSocialMoralArmsEssentialsGunResponsibleMediumsGun ControlParticipationSocial Power Book:The Machiavellian Moment: Florentine Political Thought and the Atlantic Republican Tradition Source: The Machiavellian Moment: Florentine Political Thought and the Atlantic Republican Tradition
