9-19-1868: “Under our constitution every citizen has a right to bear arms. Even if this right were not guaranteed by the constitution, surely one party has as much right to bear arms as the other.”

The Bossier Banner, “Under our constitution every citizen has a right to bear arms. Even if this right were not guaranteed by the constitution, surely one party has as much right to bear arms as the other.”, Sept. 19, 1868