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.

Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the peoples' liberty's teeth.

A free people ought not only to be armed, but disciplined; to which end a uniform and well-digested plan is requisite; and their safety and interest require that they should promote such manufactories as tend to render them independent of others for essential, particularly military, supplies.

The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government

No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms.

The beauty of the second amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it.