evidence: The most popular comment on a recent story about gun control featured a purported quotation from Thomas Jefferson. More than 2,000 votes pushed it to the top. [...] The Jefferson quotation’s emphasis on battling the government caught the attention of reader David McSwain, a gun owner and Second Amendment supporter from Charlotte, North Carolina. "I don’t think the sentiment is out of line with Jefferson’s thinking in view of his other verifiable statements such as ‘a little rebellion now and then is a good thing,’ etc.," he said. "Yet I think Jefferson would reject the ultraright modern day belief that armed rebellion will be needed in the near future against a socialist, unconstitutional federal government."