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I have been wondering about this recently — I was always taught as a child that the 2nd Amendment was about empowering citizens for violent insurrection should it ever become necessary. This is a very succinct explanation of how that notion morphed into the notion of firearms for personal protection that is prevalent today.

A history of the Second Amendment in two paintings

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