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Ahh yes, they spell out their interpretation clearly in the companion manual to the constitution.
by throwaway91111 10y ago
Ahh yes, they spell out their interpretation clearly in the companion manual to the constitution.
- rtpg 10y agoI think it's about the meaning of words when the text was written. "To bear arms" doesn't mean to have human arms, after all
- rayiner 10y agoThe companion manual is called a dictionary. The word "witness" means someone who provides testimony based on personal knowledge. If the framers had meant to say "provide evidence" instead of "be a witness" they would have said that. They were lawyers and those words were commonly used legal terms that meant the same things they do today.