2026-10-18 · originalism
A Surety Was Never a Gun Seizure
After Rahimi, prosecutors wave the surety laws around like a confiscation warrant. Read the American statutes. A complaint. A hearing. A bond. Not one of them took the gun.
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When Tyranny Becomes Law,
Rebellion Becomes Duty.
Peaceful noncompliance. Founding principles. Clear-eyed originalism.
Restoring the right to keep and bear arms — one principle at a time.
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2026-09-24 · originalism
Joe Biden Said “You Couldn’t Buy a Cannon.” Wrong.
He said the Second Amendment limited the people and the weapons they could own. The text limits the government. A letter of marque took private cannon as given.
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1791 Does Not Give You a Menu
The Founders did not say a State may pick a manner of carry and extinguish the other. Concealment-as-such is not a 1791 category. When the early republic later regulated manner — starting in 1813 — it regulated secrecy and left open carry standing. Chandler and Nunn are that analogue, not a State menu.
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