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The Right to Bear Arms: A Constitutional Right of the People or a Privilege of the Ruling Class? Paperback – April 6, 2021 by Stephen P. Halbrook

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Constitutional Rights: Myths and Realities, 1st ed., Smith, Christopher.

A bit of context as provided by myself by including an excerpt from Chapter One, quote: [emphasis is mine]
The conventional wisdoms employed by Smith serve to show how common opinions concerning rights differ from the reality.

Knowing that our rights are not necessarily violated during a police search, that civil issues do not always constitute constitutionally protected rights, and that the judiciary is not a beacon of objective truth and impartiality are all lessons that ultimately enlighten us to our protections in the United States.

The conclusion to be garnered from this chapter is that, just as portrayed by Hohfeld's legal relationships, the concept of 'right' is not as straighforward as we would like to believe. Furthermore, practice often differs from the ideal, as rights are not all protected to the extent to which we believe.
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Chapter One's nuances further discussed here:


i truly believe I shall enjoy reading this tome to sharpen my constitutional knowledge as i analyze this auther's perceptions to the actual contextual and historical founding father's meaning of the original document as written!
 

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i truly believe I shall enjoy reading this tome to sharpen my constitutional knowledge as i analyze this auther's perceptions to the actual contextual and historical founding father's meaning of the original document as written!
Here is the proper interpretation:

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed, unless the government says otherwise.
 

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Why is it there is no reference, e.g. wiki., Miffin Pub, or LA unified school district, etc., regarding a "A.C. BROCKI" ~ the infamous & "foremost expert in Grammar" [🤮] for MSG's sentence breakout shown above & other references from early 90s!

call my comment just a bit of cynicism, but...the only place this infamous a.c. brocki shows up is almost 30 years ago with their prolific 2A proclamation regarding their Interpretative perception of the founding father's document, written in the King's English, which was ratified by the representatives of the new country's white aristocratic males citizens!
 
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