Arms and the Militia

Regular Armed Forces and Militia Firearms

Regular Armed Forces and Militia Firearms: EquivalentThe Militia must always be in personal possession of the types of firearms, ammunition, and accoutrements that are...
MIlitiamen Arms Kept in the Home

Militia Arms: Kept in the Home

Militiamen: Arms Kept in the HomeThe widespread private ownership of firearms suitable for service in the Militia created a peculiar kind of private property...
Free Market Access to Arms 2nd Amendment

Militia: Reliance on the Free Market for Arms

Militia: Free Market Access to ArmsEvery individual eligible for Militia service must enjoy untrammeled access to Arms, accoutrements, and ammunition in the free market...
Arms 2nd Amendment

2nd Amendment: “Arms”

2nd Amendment: "Arms"Because “the right of the people to keep and bear Arms” must conduce at least to the maintenance of “ well regulated...
"well regulated Militia" 2nd Amendment

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