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A couple interesting Second Amendment pieces

Logan 5

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A few pieces I came across today.

United States v. Engstrom
The question of whether the Second Amendment is an individual right or reserved only to organized militias has been answered. District of Columbia. v. Heller held that individual citizens have a right to bear arms for self-defense....
http://www.denverlawreview.org/online-articles/2010/1/24/united-states-v-engstrom.html

Ancient Hebrew Militia Law
The American Founders were assiduous students of history. While the well-educated among them read Roman and Greek history in the original languages, some history was well-known by almost everyone, namely the Bible....
http://www.denverlawreview.org/storage/online-article-pdfs/2013/Kopel_Moore_Final-Format.pdf

HTH
 
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