Greek-inspired tattoo.
ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ
The phrase comes from the words the Spartan king Leonidas used to respond to the invading Persian king Xerxes in 480 B.C. Xerxes demanded that Leonidas surrender his weapons, and Leonidas replied, “Come and take them.”
It’s been turned into an NRA-style rallying cry.
And was used by Charlton Heston.
My hero, Mr. Charlton Heston. “From my cold dead hands” THE SECOND AMENDMENT VINDICATED! The Court said; “‘The people’ . . . unambiguously refers to all members of the political community” and “The very text of the Second Amendment implicitly recognizes the pre-existence of the right and declares only that it ‘shall not be infringed.'” -United States Supreme Court http://www.newsbull.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=66457 Obama gun facts; http://www.gunbanobama.com/ Charlton Heston’s closing remarks at the 2000 NRA annual meeting in Charlotte North Carolina.
HT: Mark Ward
