2-27-1833: U.S. Rep. A.S. Clayton, “In vain the constitution allows the privilege to the citizen to bear arms for his protection, if, when he rubs up his musket and furnishes it with a flint, he runs the risk of becoming a traitor!”

U.S. Rep. Augustin Smith Clayton, “In vain the constitution allows the privilege to the citizen to bear arms for his protection, if, when he rubs up his musket and furnishes it with a flint, he runs the risk of becoming a traitor!”, Feb. 27, 1833