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There’s more in the Atlantic version of the article: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/05/john-paul-stevens-court-failed-gun-control/587272/ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/05/john-paul-... “ Colonial history contains many examples of firearm regulations in urban areas that imposed obstacles to their use for protection of the home. Boston, Philadelphia, and New York—the three largest cities in America at that time—all imposed restrictions on the firing of guns in the city limits. Boston enacted a law in 1746 prohibiting the “discharge” of any gun or pistol that was later revived in 1778; ” “ Boston’s gunpowder law imposed a 10-pound fine on any person who took any loaded firearm into any dwelling house or barn within the town. Most, if not all, of those regulations would violate the Second Amendment as it was construed in the 5–4 decision that Justice Antonin Scalia ” During colonial times we did not have a large standing army and relied on state militias. https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/on-this-day-congress-officially-creates-the-u-s-army https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/on-this-day-congress-off...