2-27-1865: U.S. Senator Garrett Davis, “A just, patriotic, and constitutional administration of the Government would never attempt to subvert the right of the opposition, of all the people, to keep and bear arms. . . ”

U.S. Senator Garrett Davis, “A just, patriotic, and constitutional administration of the Government would never attempt to subvert the right of the opposition, of all the people, to keep and bear arms. It is a right formidable only to tyrants, usurpers, and oppressors.”, Feb. 27, 1865