The history of european colonizers, whether they be and trades, like trade ventures, right? Under operating an corporate model, there are some variations between how they approach settlement in north america. These are models that have dife int but still through line relationships to the idea of individuals being able to bear arms or deploy weapons. The first english precedent, he british precedent, for a right to bear arms in north America, is not in the constitution or its amendments,. It's not even really in british law, but in the corporate guide lines of the massachusetts bay company. Right to bear arms, in this sense, is understood as a corporate, as a
Patrick Blanchfield analyzes the long history of US gun violence and the American death drive.
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