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Originally Posted by JCL
I have to say, if I was roaming those parts in 1790 I probably would have wanted a firearm as well.
So George Washington appears to have been promoting independent arms factories, particularly for essential military supplies. He goes on to talk about the troops required to maintain the peace. And he also said that the people needed to be disciplined (presumably in their use of the firearms).
Are current (existing or proposed) firearms regulations considered to be part of that discipline of which he spoke?
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There is vast scholarly jurisprudence precisely on the prefatory clauses of OUR - not yours, disarmed - Second Amendment Right to Keep and Bear Arms.
Good people ought to be armed as they will, with wits and guns and The Truth.