5/17/1884: “The first eight constitute what is commonly called The Bill of Rights, covering as they do the ordinary civil rights of the citizen. . . . The second gives the right to keep and bear arms.”

Lexington Weekly Intelligencer, “The first eight constitute what is commonly called The Bill of Rights, covering as they do the ordinary civil rights of the citizen. . . . The second gives the right to keep and bear arms.”, May 17, 1884