http://dailycaller.com/2019/04/15/natelson-military-weapons/
Does the Constitution's right to keep and bear arms apply to everyone? Or only to law enforcement and the National Guard? Does the right include so-called "assault weapons?"
A newly published document from America's founding offers a clue.
When interpreting the Constitution, judges and scholars consider what people said about the document around the time it was adopted. Writings by the Constitution's advocates explaining its meaning to the general public are particularly helpful, because Americans relied on those explanations in deciding to ratify the document.
The most famous writings of this kind were penned by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay and collected as "The Federalist." But there were many others. Among the most important were newspaper op-eds produced by Tench Coxe.
Few people know of Coxe today, but during the founding era he was famous. ...
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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