1. A Well-Regulated Militia
To rally up this idea they took a couple notes from Algernon Sidney; Sidney stated that, "In a popular or mixed government the body of the people is the publick defense, and every man is arm'd and disciplin'd.... Many of the so called uprising, or rebellions were quickly put down, but the idea of fear placed in the mind of the public has not faded. ... The protest quickly turned into a full rebellion with soldiers armed and ready to fight for their cause. ... The anti-Federalist believed that every individual should be allowed to carry their own firearm in the case that if they ...
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