The Christmas Dinner (MP4 file format, 2.1 MB)
I ask you sir, who are the militia? They consist of the whole people, except a few public officers.” – George Mason, Address to the Virginia Ratifying Convention, June 4, 1788
A militia when properly formed are in fact the people themselves…and include…all men capable of bearing arms.” – Richard Henry Lee, Federal Farmer No. 18, January 25, 1788
The Constitution … asserts that all power is inherent in the people; that they may exercise it by themselves; that it is their right and duty to be at all times armed.” – Thomas Jefferson, letter to John Cartwright, 5 June 1824
