“[Paul Revere] warned the British that they weren’t going to be taking away our arms, by ringing those bells and making sure, as he is riding his horse through town… that we were going to be secure and we were going to be free.” –Sarah Palin, after touring Paul Revere’s house in Boston, June 2, 2011
Paul Revere’s midnight ride on April 18, 1775 was to warn the colonial militias that British troops were en route. Bells and gun rights? Not so much.