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> It depends how you look at it. I recently purchased the Federalist Papers so I could have a better understanding of "how" to read it, what the context was, a

> It depends how you look at it. I recently purchased the Federalist Papers so I could have a better understanding of "how" to read it, what the context was, and what types of discussions to anticipate having with those who'd like to look at it differently

928jf0923 9y ago
The Federalist Papers don't matter much in 2017. The doctrinal position of the courts today is the 2nd Amendment is not wide open. It's for defense of self and family IN THE HOME or defense of state. It doesn't restrict states from legalizing further concessions, though. Been reading about it with the Parkland stories. Antonin Scalia wrote that the 2nd is not unlimited, it doesn't allow possession of any type of weapon for any use case, just a couple years before he died. I can't find the article he was quoted in, but around the time of the last SCOTUS case related to 2nd, an NRA exec was on record, I'm paraphrasing, something like "the 2nd amendment has nothing to do with hunting." The right side of the argument allows the romanticized notions to flourish as political ammo.
oarsinsync 9y ago
And what have you learned for those of us who haven’t read the federalist papers? Also, why do they need to be purchased? Isn’t that information in the public domain? Surely enough time has passed and Alexander Hamilton’s family don’t need to continue to profit from it?
- grimjack00 9y ago
  They don't need to be purchased(http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1404 http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1404). Some people still read physical books, though, which generally requires purchasing if they wish to keep the book.
- selectodude 9y ago
  Can’t speak for the parent, but I buy public domain books because it tends to be cheaper than the paper and toner required to print it. And it looks nicer.

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> It depends how you look at it. I recently purchased the Federalist Papers so I could have a better understanding of "how" to read it, what the context was, a

by mr_spothawk 9y ago

928jf0923 9y ago
The Federalist Papers don't matter much in 2017. The doctrinal position of the courts today is the 2nd Amendment is not wide open. It's for defense of self and family IN THE HOME or defense of state. It doesn't restrict states from legalizing further concessions, though. Been reading about it with the Parkland stories. Antonin Scalia wrote that the 2nd is not unlimited, it doesn't allow possession of any type of weapon for any use case, just a couple years before he died. I can't find the article he was quoted in, but around the time of the last SCOTUS case related to 2nd, an NRA exec was on record, I'm paraphrasing, something like "the 2nd amendment has nothing to do with hunting." The right side of the argument allows the romanticized notions to flourish as political ammo.
oarsinsync 9y ago
And what have you learned for those of us who haven’t read the federalist papers? Also, why do they need to be purchased? Isn’t that information in the public domain? Surely enough time has passed and Alexander Hamilton’s family don’t need to continue to profit from it?
- grimjack00 9y ago
  They don't need to be purchased(http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1404 http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1404). Some people still read physical books, though, which generally requires purchasing if they wish to keep the book.
- selectodude 9y ago
  Can’t speak for the parent, but I buy public domain books because it tends to be cheaper than the paper and toner required to print it. And it looks nicer.