“While under the theory of our organic law, the right of the citizen to bear arms in defense of his home and property is identical with that to defend his person..."

St. Louis Court of Appeals, “While under the theory of our organic law, the right of the citizen to bear arms in defense of his home and property is identical with that to defend his person, it is true that the right to employ such arms in defense of either home or property is not of that same high and sacred order as the right to defend his person, nevertheless such rights are analogous and nearly allied, as is manifest by the spirit of the Constitution”, July 9, 1906