George Mason Quotes about Second Amendment

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I ask, sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people except for a few public officials.

I ask, sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people except for a few public officials.

George Mason

Gun, People, Second Amendment

Who are the militia, if they be not the people, of this country...? I ask who are the militia? They consist now of the whole people, except a few public officers.

George Mason

Country, People, Second Amendment

"The Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution", vol. 3, edited by Jonathan Elliot, 1974.

I ask you sir, who are the militia? They consist now of the whole people.

George Mason

Gun, People, Second Amendment

Who are the militia? They consist now of the whole people, except a few public officers. But I cannot say who will be the militia of the future day. If that paper on the table [the Constitution] gets no alteration, the militia of the future day may not consist of all classes, high and low, and rich and poor.

George Mason

Class, People, Second Amendment

"The Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution", vol. 3, edited by Jonathan Elliot, 1974.