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"To see that the people be continually trained up in the exercise of arms, and the militia lodged only in the people's hands."

— Second Amendment to the United States Constitution

January 1, 1970

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Weapons Amendments to the United States Constitution

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Marchamont Nedhams, reported in Adams', A Defense of the Constitutions of the Government of the United States of America 3:471 (1788); Adams wrote there that "[T]he rule in general is excellent".

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Marchamont Nedhams, reported in Adams', A Defense of the Constitutions of the Government of the United States of America 3:471 (1788); Adams wrote there that "[T]he rule in general is excellent".