"Congress have no power to disarm the militia. Their swords, and every other terrible implement of the soldier, are the birthright of an American...[T]he 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, Pennsylvania delegate to the ratification, Feb. 20, 1788
BTW. no "never" in this one. I've already done it.