Despots and Boomsticks
The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg
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The State Has a Monopoly on Power
From 17 77, when that document was adopted, until two thousand three, i was the only state with what's called constitutional carri no permitting system. That's because its constitution had been interpreted to prohibit all controls on the carrying of arms. Now 23 states are constitutional carry states. And vermont's constitution is also really interesting, because it's a great counter argument to the new faddish idea that the second amendment's in some waya protective of slaveryA The right to bear arms was copied from the pennsylvania constitutions right toBear Arms and ratified at the same time as vermont abolished slavery.
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