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2023-03-28 00:56:02 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 646CC0B3B6895C01BFE03CC442B1B9F0336398A50A5CA99EFAA2F60C0E5B2FE9
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Many 18th- and 19th-century legal scholars felt otherwise. 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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