U.S. Senator Cass: “the House struck out that part which authorizes the taking away of the arms of individuals. It was found, on reflection, to be clearly unconstitutional.”
U.S.
Senators Cass & Benjamin/U.S. Rep. Phelps, “the House struck out
that part which authorizes the taking away of the arms of individuals.
It was found, on reflection, to be clearly unconstitutional.”/”in the exercise of our rights as American freemen, we mean to bear arms,
the musket on the shoulder, or the rifle slung across our back, a
revolver, if you please, by the side”/”those arms are not now the
property of the United States–are now subject to no other control by this Government than the arms which I may have bought and own.”, July 28/Aug. 27, 1856
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