One of the things Mason was concerned about, and it came out of the Stuart era that led into the Glorious Revolution and the right to bear arms being broadly spread out, was the Stuarts’ use of select militias.
Discussing historical concerns about militia control.
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All of the Second Amendment case law you’re familiar with, Heller, Bruen, et cetera, Miller, is merely persuasive authority.
I started, particularly here at the 250th anniversary [of Virginia’s constitution being adopted], by reflecting on sections one, two, and three of the Declaration of Rights, which were adopted at the same time as Section 13.
That means no one has had a legal dispute that will turn on the questions that this case will turn on before.
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