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Originally Posted by detbuch
Read the Constitution for yourself. Stick to its words, not the opinions about those words other than the opinions of the founders who wrote it.
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There is not a single word about an individual’s right to a gun for self-defense or recreation in Madison’s notes from the Constitutional Convention. Nor was it mentioned,
or One addressed the “well regulated militia” and the right “to keep and bear arms.” We don’t really know what he meant by it. At the time, Americans expected to be able to own guns, a legacy of English common law and rights. But the overwhelming use of the phrase “bear arms” in those days referred to military activities.
so please show me how the
Words support what the gun lobby is suggesting . 2a means