Posted March 21, 2018 4:00 pm by Comments

By Dean Weingarten

Student Holds Anti-NRA Sign in ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ Hoodie
Student Holds Anti-NRA Sign in ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ Hoodie

Arizona -(Ammoland.com)- This picture, from the facebook page of MSG Firearms, shows a student with an anti-NRA sign while wearing a hoodie with the motto ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ and the date 480 B.C.

ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ is what the Spartan king, Leonidas I is said to have told the Persian Emperor Xerxes I, when Xerxes demanded that they lay down their arms.

It means, “Come and Take Them!”

The same motto was used by Texicans in the battle of Gonzales in the first battle of the Texas war for independence. That war started with the Mexican tyrant Santa Anna attempted to disarm the Texas citizens of Mexico. In response to the Mexican Army’s demand that the citizens of Gonzales return a cannon that had been lent to them for defense against Indian raids, the citizens defiantly said: “Come and Take It!”

ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ has become a powerful symbol for activists fighting for the right to keep and bear arms. Many Second Amendment supporters, when faced with a new set of proposed infringements, simply say: No. Your Move. They say that if you attempt to disarm us, we will shoot you. Most supporters of disarming the …Read the Rest

Source:: AmmoLand

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