by Jessica | Jan 14, 2016 | Uncategorized
“Are we at last brought to such humiliating and debasing degradation that we cannot be trusted with arms for our defense? Where is the difference between having our arms in possession and under our direction, and having them under the management of Congress? If our...
by Jessica | Jan 11, 2016 | Uncategorized
“No freeman shall be debarred the use of arms [within his own lands].” Proposed Constitution for Virginia – Fair Copy, Section IV:Rights, Private and Public, June 1776; The Works of Thomas Jefferson, Federal Edition, Editor: Paul Leicester Ford, (New York and London,...