I'd agree with you on Jefferson, I'm not so sure about Mason and Henry. I'd like to know more, however, as this isn't an area I know a huge amount about and I think that the research isn't extensive.
I also don't know if it really changes much from a practical, legal interpretation perspective but it does help provide a more well rounded historical picture. Cheers, Judah On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 10:23 AM, LRS Scout <[email protected]> wrote: > > With Jefferson at least, who authored and confirmed the amendment, this > simply isn't true. > > Yes he was a large slave owner, but fought to have it outlawed in his own > state, and failed. He loved and had children with one of his slaves. > > I have no doubt that some people felt they needed guns to stop slave > revolts, I disagree that it was the PRIMARY reason, or even a large one. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:360346 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
