“Who are the militia? Are they not ourselves?  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.”  Continue reading “Tench Coxe on the 2nd Article”