Cesare Beccaria Quotes:
Ocupation: Philosopher
Life: March 15, 1738 - November 28, 1794
Birthday: March 15
Death: November 28
False is the idea of utility that sacrifices a thousand real advantages for one imaginary or trifling inconvenience; that would take fire from men because it burns, and water because one may drown in it; that has no remedy for evils except destruction. The laws that forbid the carrying of arms are laws of such a nature. They disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes.
source: Cesare Beccaria (1963). “On Crimes and Punishments”, Pearson College Division
topic: Real, Sacrifice, Men, Disarming, Bearing Arms, Gun Crime, Gun Law, Gun Rights, Unarmed, Carrying Guns
