In most governments it has been the study of rulers to confine this right [to keep and bear arms] within the narrowest possible limits . . . and [when] the right of the people to keep and bear arms is, under any color or pretext whatsoever, prohibited, liberty, if not already annihilated, is on the brink of destruction.
George Tucker, 1803 Blackstone’s Commentaries regarding the Second Amendment.
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