Quote for the day

Congress has 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

A good Philadelphia boy, our Tench. His rant about the value of the Second Amendment was published in the Pennsylvania Gazette. In 1788...