"The right to bear arms is a fundamental principle of our government..."

   "The right to bear arms is a fundamental principle of our government, and a principle regarded at all times by free people as essential to the maintenance of their liberties and institutions. We demand that this right shall remain inviolate."--Frank Morrison, secretary of the American Federation of Labor, quoting from the platform of the 1916 convention of the Federation in Baltimore.

- New-York Tribune, Sunday, May 18, 1919. Vol. LXXIX No. 26,481 Pg. 16.