“In recent years it has been suggested that the Second Amendment protects the "collective" right of states to maintain militias, while it does not protect the right of "the people" to keep and bear arms... If anyone entertained this notion in the period during which the Constitution and Bill of Rights were debated and ratified, it remains one of the most closely guarded secrets of the 18th century, for no known writing surviving from the period between 1787 and 1791 states such a thesis.”
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Stephen Halbrook
Stephen Halbrook is an American lawyer and author, born September 12, 1947. He is renowned for his research on the Second Amendment and gun rights in the United States. Halbrook has written several influential books on gun laws and constitutional rights, including the notable work "That Every Man Be Armed." He has been actively involved in legal cases related to the right to bear arms and has served as legal counsel in significant Second Amendment litigation. more
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