04-14-2018, 12:23 AM
Samuel Nasson, a delegate to the MA convention who voted against ratification of the Constitution, explained the common understanding of the 2A arms guarantee in a letter dated July 9, 1789 to Representative George Thatcher, a federalist from MA:
Quote:I find that the Amendments are once again on the Carpet. A Bill of Rights well secured that we the people may know how far we may Proceed in Every Department. Then there will be no Dispute Between the people and rulers in that may be secured the right to keep arms for Common and Extraordinary Occasions such as to secure ourselves against the wild Beast and also to amuse us by fowling and for our Defense against a Common Enemy. You know to learn the Use of arms is all that can Save us from a foreign foe that may attempt to subdue us, for if we keep up the Use of arms and become well acquainted with them, we Shall always be able to look them in the face that arise up against us.
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