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4 years agodiscuss

Thanks! I’m trying to round out my understanding. I’m not too big of a fan of textualism/originalism, but it’s a major judicial theory (obviously).

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4 years agodiscuss

Do you have a source for this? My understanding of the second amendment comes from reading America’s Constitution: A Biography by Akhail Reed Amar. I’m trying to find reference to this meaning you cited, but coming up short. I also don’t find it in the article by him in The New Republic:

https://newrepublic.com/article/73718/second-thoughts

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4 years agodiscuss

Well regulated militia

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4 years agodiscuss

There are so many guns in this country (far more than people) that criminals don’t need this database and don’t need to rob someone to get a gun.

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