Also, if the Second Amendment were about protecting a gov't function, why even bother with protecting it in the first place assuming doctrine of rex non potest peccare? Federal system might be the answer but until 14th Amdt that wasn't a thing (2/2)
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RE: tonight's reading: why does the author seemingly ascribe to the idea that the right to bear arms was a positive right; e.g. enabling state militia to operate when the overwhelming tendency of the language was a negative right (1/2)
#GCLawSocietyHistory So I did some more reading regarding the 17th Amendment and the more I do, the more it comes across as "This is why we can't have nice things" than anything.
Here's the link: https://t.co/3dNKhZtJWQ