7-1-1856: U.S. House & Senate, “The bill provides that no law shall be of force, or enforced, in the Territory, infringing the liberty of speech, or the liberty of the press, or the right of the people to bear arms . . . ammunitions and arms distributed, and the forces were divided into companies in Missouri; and on the day of election at least 5,000 citizens of Missouri..."

U.S. House & Senate, “The bill provides that no law shall be of force, or enforced, in the Territory, infringing the liberty of speech, or the liberty of the press, or the right of the people to bear arms . . . ammunitions and arms distributed, and the forces were divided into companies in Missouri; and on the day of election at least 5,000 citizens of Missouri, it is testified, took up their line of march for Kansas.”, July 1, 1856