I think you are preaching to the choir
Merely disagreeing with the HALF-TRUTH and omissions of the premise proffered by the author of the study.
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1. “whether that right preexisted the Constitution.”
2. “The right of the people to be armed is not granted by the Second Amendment. That right is inherent in the People,”
re 1 should read correctly as “whether that right preexisted the Constitution..” in PRINT as part of a legal document or book
2. 2. “The right of the people to be armed is not granted by the Second Amendment. “That right is inherent in the People,” should read 2. “The right of the people to be armed is not granted by the Second Amendment. That right is inherent in the People,” should read “inherent in the people and written in
Colonial laws and legal documents and State constitutions ALL precedent to the U.S. Constitution.”
It is as if the author was on the Supreme Court bench and was commenting on a case before it and the judge never cites prior cases bearing upon the issue at hand.
Since the Constitution is THE LAW, all laws therein must be searched for precendent legal documents prior to it. ‘
That is why the language of any book as in the front it sometimes says “revised edition” or “compilation’ or “collection of works”- The U.S Constitution is partly a COMPILATION OF LAWS FROM COLONIAL AND STATE legal documents and constitutions, resp.
For, if one regards the US constitution as a BOOK, where above said language expert thusly assumes for discernment, then one must ask where have we seen this language before???- OF COURSE< THIS BOOK IS SYNOPSIZING FROM PRIOR PRINTED WORKS!! Why should the language expert scrutinize the US constitution when at least 6 prior documents have the EXACT LANGUAGE AND MEANING ALMOST WORD FOR WORD??
Why scrutinize the synopsized version when the originals are available for examination- The language expert should be scrutinizing the States` Constitutions and the colonial legal documents wherein lies the precedential declarations of that inherent right.
My history always told me, if you are going to write a history book always go to the PRIMARY SOURCES>
The colonial documents and States` Constitutions are the PRIMARY WRITTEN SOURCES FOR THE SECOND AMENDMENT< NOT THE US CONSTITUTION> THE US CONSTITUTION IS A SECONDARY SOURCE FOR LEGAL BASIS FOR THE RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS>
BTW Choir Practice is Thursday night at 7 pm. Bring your gun.