12-12-1851: In the U.S. Circuit Court, “We had no laws to forbid the wearing swords as dangerous weapons, or to prohibit the sale of powder and ball to any man, or any color, or of any extraction. We permitted every one to have arms, to bear arms, and to use arms"

Trial of Castner Hanaway, (For Treason), U.S. Circuit Court, “We had no laws to forbid the wearing swords as dangerous weapons, or to prohibit the sale of powder and ball to any man, or any color, or of any extraction. We permitted every one to have arms, to bear arms, and to use arms…”, Dec. 10, 1851