This was designed to protect rebellious and anarchic colonists of each state not only against its own denizens, but also against Britain, against Indians and the French and Spanish, and most importantly, against the militias of their so called brother states, if called upon by their own state or local government to do so.
Most importantly, it guaranteed the safety of colonists who often were almost outnumbered by negro slaves in the Southern states.
Most importantly, it guaranteed the safety of colonists who often were almost outnumbered by negro slaves in the Southern states.
The Second Amendment was a powerfully framed states' rights amendment, not designed so much with respect to the nascent federal government exclusively at all.
This was hardly your Whiggish Lincoln originalism.
After all, Lincoln not only armed, but also trained, newly freed negroes, a thing that would have been truly unthinkable and unfathomable, for any reason of any kind, to the founding fathers barely four score years before.
After all, Lincoln not only armed, but also trained, newly freed negroes, a thing that would have been truly unthinkable and unfathomable, for any reason of any kind, to the founding fathers barely four score years before.
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