"Every man is, or ought to be, in the possession of a musket"

   "The people of New England have always had, and have by law always been required to have, arms in their hands. Every man is, or ought to be, in the possession of a musket. The great body of our citizens, also, are trained with a good degree of skill, and success, to military discipline. Yet I know not a single instance, in which arms have been the instruments of carrying on a private quarrel. Nor do I believe, that such a subject is even thought of by one person in fifty thousand, so often as once in twelve months; I believe I might say with truth, so much as once during life."

[TRAVELS; IN NEW ENGLAND AND NEW YORK: BY TIMOTHY DWIGHT, S.T.D LL.D LATE PRESIDENT oF YALE coLLEGE; AUTHoR Of THEOLOGY EXPLAINED AND DEFENDED. IN FOUR VOLUMES. VOL. IV. NEW HAVEN: PUBLISHED BY TIMOTHY DWIGHT. S. CoNVERSE, PRINTER. l822. Pg. 336]