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jimmy the one

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1. saul cornell
Wed Sep 23, 2015, 02:15 PM
Sep 2015

FL: and I found it interesting and educational. Dr. Saul Cornell is a legal historian and author of two prize winning works on American legal history.

I sent him an essay I did once on certain historical portions of the heller amendment, basically how scalia had perverted some historical figures and perverted what they said about 2ndA - like jos story, wm rawle, st george tucker, & ben oliver. As well as remarks from a british consortium of historians who noted that scalia had misinterpreted the English 'have arms' decree of 1689 - that it was not an individual rkba, but pertained to militia.
I've read much of Saul Cornell & consider him an expert on proper interpretation of 2ndA. Needless to say, he's despised by the gun lobby & nra etc..

Comment on it if you choose, I find that it stands well without my input.

You betcha (erk, backhanded compliment!). I can only watch about 20 mins today, will finish later this week. But a few comments on his early talk about militias, that there was no such thing as an assault rifle in 1776 rev-war.

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