Refuting the “Second Amendment Protected Slavery” Argument Part III: Ratifying the Bill of Rights
With the Constitution ratified by the necessary states in 1788, it officially became the supreme law of the land in the states so ratifying.ย Up until this point in the story, there wasnโt a single piece of direct, or even indirect evidence, of a concerted effort to...
Refuting the โSecond Amendment Protected Slaveryโ Argument Part II: The Virginia Ratifying Convention
Note: This is the second in a three-part series examining a pro-slavery interpretation of the Second Amendment that persists to this day. You can read part 1 HERE. The Hidden History of the Second Amendmentย by law professor Carl T. Bogus argued that James...
Refuting the Claim that the Second Amendment was Intended to Protect Slavery
Note: This is the first in a three-part series examining a false “pro-slavery” interpretation of the Second Amendment that persists to this day. In efforts to undermine the Second Amendment, gun control advocates advance a variety of arguments claiming it...