evidence: To make the case that gun ownership was not just a right, but something akin to a sacrament, Hannity quoted George Washington, telling Green: "George Washington: ‘Rifles and pistols are equally indispensable.’ ‘They deserve a place of honor with all that’s good.'" The words are part of a well-worn favorite conservative passage known as the "Liberty Teeth" quote. It reads in its entirety: [...] The "liberty teeth" quote is so well known as a fraud that the pro-gun Second Amendment Foundation, in inveighing against the use of bogus quotes as "counterproductive," to the cause, cites it as the prime example, and "perhaps the most infamous bogus saying attributed to a Founding Father."