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 government, but, where I trust in God it will ever remain, in the hands of the people.
Tench Coxe, Pennsylvania Gazette, 20 February 1788.
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