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Our artillery has really been sensational. For once we have enough of something and at the right time. Officers tell me they actually have more guns than they know what to do with.

I went over to the Charlestown Navy Yard yesterday and saw some big men of war, one over 100 guns.

People like me sound like a lot of big cannons.

We won't always have the strongest military.

They aren't going to take my guns. I have 44 guns, and they aren't going to take my guns.

You are not going to get peace with millions of armed men. The chariot of peace cannot advance over a road littered with cannon.

I'm a firm believer in the Second Amendment and the Bill of Rights. I don't think you should infringe on the type of weapon somebody should buy or the number of rounds in a high-capacity magazine.

I have more guns than I need and not as many as I want.

So long as I'm Commander-in-Chief, we will sustain the strongest military the world has ever known. When you take off the uniform, we will serve you as well as you've served us - because no one who fights for this country should have to fight for a job, or a roof over their head, or the care that they need when they come home.