• The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered as the palladium of the liberties of a republic.

    Joseph Story: The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered as the palladium of the liberties of a republic.
    Joseph Story (1833). “Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States: With a Preliminary Review of the Constitutional History of the Colonies and States, Before the Adoption of the Constitution”, p.708