“The use is a legal thing. The abuse is an illegal thing. . . . every man must so use his own property as not to injure the legal rights of another. . . . The manufacture, the ownership and the bearing of deadly weapons is allowed by law"

The Prohibition Crusade: “The use is a legal thing. The abuse is an illegal thing. . . . there is, confessedly, a kindred maxim of the law, of equal obligation, that every man must so use his own property as not to injure the legal rights of another. . . . The manufacture, the ownership and the bearing of deadly weapons is allowed by law, says the Constitution: “The right of the citizens to bear arms in defense of themselves and the State shall not be questioned.”, Sept. 7, 1886