I don't recall ever seeing that. I have seen militia laws which provided arms for the poor who could not afford them, or required masters/fathers to provide arms to servants/sons. Steve Halbrook In a message dated 2/1/2011 1:34:28 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes:
I’ve seen claims that colonial militias sometimes excluded poor whites, but I can’t find any really authoritative source on the subject. Do any of you know of evidence that this did indeed happen? Let me know, please. Many thanks, Eugene Volokh _______________________________________________ To post, send message to [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/firearmsregprof Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) forward the messages to others.
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