9-11-1875: “It is plain, from the nature of the case, that the government cannot, by its own neglect, nor by any prohibition, in any degree infringe this great inherent right of a free people to keep and bear arms..."

Hon. Geo. L. Potter, “It is plain, from the nature of the case, that the government cannot, by its own neglect, nor by any prohibition, in any degree infringe this great inherent right of a free people to keep and bear arms . . . How worthless would be such a right, and how thin the protection it would secure, if the people could not act without the permit of negligent or usurping rulers!”, Sept. 11, 1875