- “The right of the people to keep and bear arms has been recognized by the General Government; but the best security of that right after all is, the military spirit, that taste for martial exercises, which has always distinguished the free citizens of these States – Such men form the best barrier to the liberties of America.”
Gazette of the United States, October 14, 1789
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