Talk:Second Amendment to the United States Constitution/Archive 36
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Powder Alarms
The point about the King and Parliament is further corroborated by the series of powder alarms in several colonies. One powder alarm in particular, the Portsmouth Alarm, saw the Patriots turn the tables in reverse and instead of it being the colonists' powder being limited, it was the King's powder (that is what they called it at the time) was what limited when the colonial leaders captured a British fort and carried off weapons, ammo, powder, and supplies.
Charles Lathrop Parsons details the events with original sources in his short work about it.
The Capture of Fort William and Mary - Librivox audio book [1]
Progressingamerica (talk) 18:00, 29 June 2024 (UTC)
A most relevant amicus brief, which should at least be mentioned if not also quoted
From the entry for Richard W. Bailey in Wikipedia:
In 2008, Bailey co-authored an amicus brief with colleagues Dennis Baron and Jeffrey Kaplan, for the District of Columbia v. Heller Supreme Court case, providing an interpretation of the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution based on the grammars, dictionaries, and general usage common in the founders' day, and showing that those meanings are still common today. AlageveR45 (talk) 17:05, 30 July 2024 (UTC)