"Every citizen is, from the nature
of our social organization, a part of the public defense; and he is
also, in the last resort, in common with his fellow-citizens, the
safeguard of the liberties of all against the government itself.
Thus it is that amendments to the Constitution of the United States
have provided that "the right of the people to keep and bear
arms shall not be infringed." It seems indispensable to the
accomplishment of the objects referred to that every citizen
should be armed..."-- John C. Edwards, Secretary of
State, 11/15/1833. 'Military Affairs', Application of Missouri for
the establishment of a depot of arms near the northwestern boundry of
that state.
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