U.S. Senator J.R. West, [It’s not the exercise of a right that is subject to restraint, but the abuse that results from the misuse in the exercise of it.]

U.S. Senator J.R. West, “…the advantage of constitutional rights; so citizens have the right to bear arms, unless by so doing they endanger the peace and safety of their neighbors.” [It’s not the exercise of a right that is subject to restraint, but the abuse that results from the misuse in the exercise of it.], Oct. 2, 1874

   "To argue against the use of a thing from the abuse of it, had long since been exploded by all sensible people."--Hon. Edward Rutledge, (Later Governor of South Carolina),  Jan. 16, 1788, [Debates In The Legislature And In Convention Of The State Of South Carolina, On The Adoption Of The Federal Constitution. [Elliot’s Debates, Vol. IV. Pg. 276]