9-14-1861: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Catron, “There are certain constitutional guaranties which the passion or the frenzy of the hour cannot touch . . . That the right for every citizen to bear arms is an inalienable right that cannot be infringed”

Justice Catron, of the U.S. Supreme Court, “There are certain constitutional guaranties which the passion or the frenzy of the hour cannot touch . . . That the right for every citizen to bear arms is an inalienable right that cannot be infringed”, Sept. 14, 1861