Madison's Report on the Virginia Resolutions, House of Delegates, Session of 1799--1800
From one of the main authors of our Constitution; This, ends the debate concerning our rights.......
A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. "Congress have no power to disarm the militia. Their swords, and every other terrible implement of the soldier, are the birthright of an American. The unlimited power of the sword is not in the hands of either the federal or state governments but, where I trust in God it will ever remain, in the hands of the people." - Tenche Coxe, Feb. 20, 1788.
From one of the main authors of our Constitution; This, ends the debate concerning our rights.......
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