[philman_36]

Tenche Coxe: “Who are the militia? Are they not ourselves? Is it feared, then, that we shall turn our arms each man against his own bosom. 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, The Pennsylvania Gazette, Feb. 20, 1788.

[Sacajaweau]

Post 15 is so important, not only to describe the times, but to apply it to the present.

The right to bear arms was sooooo important, it was made a part of the bill of rights.

One can also see the foundation of the militia in the Declaration of Independence.