Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-02-27 13:37:46 UTC - SOMEWHAT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 6283D6EB8D0E9D7E1E0A8CF30AFD3F52607D82CFC1D2E57054853264CCBF245A
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Original Note:
The individual rights interpretation is not a modern idea. Thomas Cooley, justice and law professor, wrote in 1880: "It may be supposed...that the right to keep and bear arms was guaranteed only to the militia; but this would be an interpretation not warranted by the intent." https://books.google.com/books?id=VDoet4piIGsC&pg=RA2-PA298#v=onepage&q&f=false
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