Charles Sumner: “It is a right not only from the Constitution of the United States, but…”

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It is a right not only from the Constitution of the United States, but also from the constitution of civil society itself.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner asserts that the right to self-defense is rooted in both the U.S. Constitution and the fundamental principles of civil society.

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Charles Sumner: “It is a right not only from the Constitution of the United States, but also from the constitution of civil society…”