The Big Apple: “An armed man is a citizen. An unarmed man is a subject”

A plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.

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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps.

Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.

Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.

Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.

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Entry from July 20, 2015

“An armed man is a citizen. An unarmed man is a subject”

"An armed man is a citizen. An unarmed man is a subject” is a pro-gun slogan of unknown authorship. “An Armed Man is a Citizen, an Unarmed Man is a Subject” was a signature line in a 1996 post; “An armed man is a citizen; an unarmed man is a subject; a disarmed man is a slave” was a signature line in a 1999 post.

The saying became popular in 2000, when it was grouped with other pro-gun sayings under the title “Gun Refresher Course.”

“An armed man is a free man” and “An armed society is a polite society” are related sayings.

Google Groups: rec.radio.cb
Help! RCI 2950 Problems.
Dan K Nelson
11/11/96
(...)
An Armed Man is a Citizen, an Unarmed Man is a Subject

The Firing Line Forums
Blade Design Pros and Cons
slabsides
June 12, 1999, 08:20 AM
(...)
An armed man is a citizen; an unarmed man is a subject; a disarmed man is a slave.

The Firing Line Forums
slabsides
posted September 27, 1999 04:24 PM
(...)
An armed man is a citizen; an unarmed man is a subject; a disarmed man is a slave.

Google Groups: tx.guns
Bumper stickers - pick one you DON’T like....??
Maurice
10/5/00
GUN REFRESHER COURSE
a. . An armed man is a citizen. An unarmed man is a subject.

Google Groups: alt.conspiracy
WE MUST RESIST: GUN CONTROL.
Patriots
11/2/00
MUST RESIST: GUN CONTROL !
You all have a God given right to have guns for Self Defense.

a.. An armed man is a citizen. An unarmed man is a subject.

Google Books
The Political Junkie Handbook
By Michael Crane
New York, NY: S.P.I. Books
2004
Pg. 280:
FIREARMS REFRESHER COURSE
An armed man is a citizen. An unarmed man is a subject.

The High Road (THR)
Everybody now.. what’s your all time favorite gun slogan?
M203Sniper
July 19, 2008, 10:20 PM
An armed man is a citizen. An unarmed man is a subject.

SodaHead
“An armed man is a citizen. An unarmed man is a subject.” Do you agree with this statement?
by Magzilla Posted November 30, 2008

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Sarah Woolsey
‏@swoolsey42
License plate cover: “An armed man is a citizen and an unarmed man is a subject.” Welcome to North Carolina.
3:26 PM - 15 Dec 2014

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