The ‘Right to Bear Arms’… Against Slave Revolts?

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As the President, the Congress, and the American people discuss additional gun control measures, we thought it might be worth looking at the origin of the constitutional debate.  

  The Second Amendment as ratified in 1791, reads:  ”a well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”An interview with Professor Carl T. Bogus

 Carl T. Bogus is a Professor of Law at Roger Williams University School of Law in Rhode Island, and a recognized authority on the Second Amendment.  Here, he talks with WABE’s Steve Goss.