Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [1-1] of 1 John Norton Pomeroy quotesJohn Norton Pomeroy QuotesJohn Norton Pomeroy The object of this clause [the right of the people to keep and bear arms] is to secure a well-armed militia.... But a militia would be useless unless the citizens were enabled to exercise themselves in the use of warlike weapons. To preserve this privilege, and to secure to the people the ability to oppose themselves in military force against the usurpations of government, as well as against enemies from without, that government is forbidden by any law or proceeding to invade or destroy the right to keep and bear arms.~ John Norton Pomeroy Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print