tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7451288357533743404.post8829618161087575789..comments2023-12-05T08:00:14.402-05:00Comments on On Second Opinion Blog: The District of Columbia vs Heller Dissent - Part 4David E. Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01108309257699077532noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7451288357533743404.post-90949453914246884872014-04-04T17:37:49.909-04:002014-04-04T17:37:49.909-04:00My error. The quote is indeed from the Virginia co...My error. The quote is indeed from the Virginia convention's proposed bill of rights on June 27, 1788. I mistakenly skipped a page back to Massachusetts when pulling the statement. 44https://www.blogger.com/profile/12279323738793315123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7451288357533743404.post-59893112263086436962014-04-03T19:48:13.380-04:002014-04-03T19:48:13.380-04:00The language quoted is from Virginia, which was co...The language quoted is from Virginia, which was copied by North Carolina. Massachusetts voted down a Second Amendment related proposal of Samuel Adams protecting the people's right to keep their own arms.David E. Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01108309257699077532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7451288357533743404.post-27623731775951873572014-04-03T11:11:51.981-04:002014-04-03T11:11:51.981-04:00Your commentary is well supported by proposed amen...Your commentary is well supported by proposed amendment number 17 of the Massachusetts 1788 convention. "That the people have a right to keep and bear arms; that a well-regulated militia, composed of the body of the people trained to arms, is the proper, natural, and safe defence of a free state ..." 44https://www.blogger.com/profile/12279323738793315123noreply@blogger.com