“Americans have the right and advantage of being armed – unlike the citizens of other countries whose governments are afraid to trust the people with arms.”
― James Madison

“To preserve liberty, it is essential That the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, How to use them.”

– Richard Henry Lee

“A well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. The individual right to keep and bear arms shall not be denied or infringed by the State or a political subdivision of the State.”

– Constitution of the State of Alaska, Article I, Section Nineteen

“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”

– Second Amendment