Posted on 07/28/2023 5:31:50 AM PDT by marktwain
New evidence has surfaced which indicates Englishmen in the American colonies had the right to keep and bear arms before the right was codified in England. In 1606, King James I granted perpetual rights to arms for the Virginia colonies, which covered what would become the southern colonies during the 1600s. From The History of Bans on Types of Arms Before 1900, by David Kopel and Joseph Greenlee, Law review article, 165 pages, 2021.
In the early history section of the article, one startling fact revealed was the Royal Charter of King James I, in 1606, granted to members of the Virginia Charter, perpetual rights to:
bring “sufficient Shipping, and Furniture of Armour, Weapons, Ordinance, Powder, Victual, and other things necessary for the said Plantations and for their Use and Defence there.”
The rights were granted to all settlers of the Virginia colony.
The Charter of New England colonies were granted the same rights. The two charters covered all of what would become the original 13 colonies except for the middle region which contained New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont and New Jersey. Those colonies were originally part of New Netherland, and were conquered by England in 1664.
The English Bill of Rights was enacted by Parliament in 1689, just over a hundred years before the American Bill of Rights was ratified as part of the American Constitution. Scholars have focused on the American Bill of Rights as deriving from the English Bill of Rights, which was codified by the act of parliament in 1689. The King had granted perpetual rights to Englishmen in what would become the Southern and, later, New England colonies. The right to arms was stronger in the American colonies than in England, partly because arms were such a necessity of life
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As a God given right, it predates all.
Yep
This is the difference between the US and virtually every other country on earth. The US recognizes that rights are not granted by a king, prince, emperor, or government but by God himself and we are born with those rights.
Governments can only take away your rights, not grant them.
Luke 22:36...
From the comments at your link.
Thanks Dean
It’s sad to think we had more gun rights under the tyrant King George than under the Democrats.
bkmk
Not really, they tried to ban Gunpowder.
“New evidence”, yet their source is from 2021 publication?
It’s simple; throughout history, slaves are not allowed to have arms. Free men not only can but should bear arms. How else can you defend your family, and people?
Luke 22...
They counted 2 swords amongst themselves and Jesus said “It is enough.”
The ARmour of God calls out One Sword and it is the Spirit , The Word of God.
Ephesians 6:10
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Act Accordingly
You really need to read the 1982 Senate report on the RKBA. I have a paper copy.
It has an excellent article on gun laws before the Revolution. This report is now highly suppressed and out of print from the US government. Here is a copy on line. Read it and you will see why it is highly suppressed. It also has opposing views from anti firearm sources.
https://guncite.com/journals/senrpt/senrpt.html
“The conclusion is thus inescapable that the history, concept, and wording of the second amendment to the Constitution of the United States, as well as its interpretation by every major commentator and court in the first half-century after its ratification, indicates that what is protected is an individual right of a private citizen to own and carry firearms in a peaceful manner.”
I read it shortly after it came out.
I have not re-read it recently.
Perhaps I should do so.
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