U.S. Senator A.G. Thurman: "Here is another right of a citizen of the United States, expressly declared to be his right--the right to bear arms; and this right, says the Constitution, shall not be infringed."

U.S. Senator A.G. Thurman, “Here is another right of a citizen of the United States, expressly declared to be his right–the right to bear arms; and this right, says the Constitution, shall not be infringed.”, Feb. 6, 1873