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Orrin Hatch: “By the time of the founding, the right to have arms had become fundamental for English subjects.”

On the recordMay 7, 2009
By the time of the founding, the right to have arms had become fundamental for English subjects.
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Orrin Hatch
Republican · Utah

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Hatch refers to the historical significance of the right to bear arms.

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