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http://www.saf.org/dc.lawsuit/parker.decision.pdf
Parker vs DC,DC Circut Court decision page 22:
[align=left]"To determine what interests this pre-existing right[/align]
[align=left]protected, we look to the lawful, private purposes for which[/align]
[align=left]people of the time owned and used arms. The correspondence[/align]
[align=left]and political dialogue of the founding era indicate that arms[/align]
[align=left]were kept for lawful use in self-defense and hunting."[/align]
http://www.saf.org/dc.lawsuit/parker.decision.pdf
Parker vs DC,DC Circut Court decision page 22:
[align=left]"To determine what interests this pre-existing right[/align]
[align=left]protected, we look to the lawful, private purposes for which[/align]
[align=left]people of the time owned and used arms. The correspondence[/align]
[align=left]and political dialogue of the founding era indicate that arms[/align]
[align=left]were kept for lawful use in self-defense and hunting."[/align]