NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles. In today's fierce debate about gun control andConstitutional Amendment Article 2, what many may not be aware of is "holding and holding weapons." The phrase "rights" is older than the Bill of Rights. right. It was written years before the United States won independence from Great Britain.
In 1779, John Adams, the founding father and then president, wrote this phrase at a law firm in Quincy, Massachusetts when he drafted the Constitution of Massachusetts. rice field. He did so 10 years before the phrase appeared in Article 2 of the US Constitutional Amendment.
Today's tourists can visit the place where Adams drafted the document and wrote powerful words. Part of Adams National Historical Park
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Interest in "right to arm" increased only when theSupreme Court shot down New York law, which made it difficult for civilians to carry hidden weapons.
US Constitutional Amendment Article 2 "Armed The expression "right to retain and retain rights" is the expression "must not be infringed." (iStock)
The Supreme Court's 6-3 decision on Thursday, June 23, is widely regarded as a victory in Article 2 of the Constitutional Amendment.
While the American Revolutionary War was raging
The phrase "the right to hold and hold a weapon" was codified in Article XVII of the Constitution of Massachusetts, Adams. He called himself "one" in his office.
Massachusetts voters in 1780approved the document. It came into effect later in the year, while the American Revolutionary War was still raging elsewhere in the colony.
Massachusetts written by John Adams State Constitution In 1779, a law firm in Quincy, Massachusetts, was the first document to feature the phrase "the right to hold and hold weapons." It was ten years before it was included in the US Bill of Rights. (Kerry J. Byrne / Fox News Digital)
The US Constitution was not ratified until 1789.
Adams created the modern constitution Government in the office of his simple 17th-century saltbox-style colonial home — today well known as the birthplace of John Quincy Adams Has been done.
The parcel of land with two original era homes outside Boston is the only place in the United States where the two presidents were born.
Here, John and Abigail Adams raised a family, including John Quincy Adams, the sixth president of the United States.
John Adams himself was born in another saltbox-style house right next door. It has a similar structure, but is not decorated with paint. The parcel of land with two original era housesjust outside Bostonis the only place in the United States where the two presidents were born.
John Quincy Adams Birthplace, Part Adams National Historical Park. John Adams first wrote the Constitution of Massachusetts in 1779 at his office here, using the phrase "the right to hold and hold weapons." The room inside the window on the first floor, next to the door. (Kerry J. Byrne / Fox News Digital)
Among the few artifacts of John Quincy Adams' birthplace is a copy of the Constitution of Massachusetts. The right to hold and bear weapons "—along with many other foundations of the constitutional government.
The bicameral legislature, check and balance system, and encyclopedia of rights all appeared in the Constitution of Massachusetts 10 years ago to help Adams secure them in the U.S. Constitution. Did.
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The Massachusetts Constitution states that citizens hold weapons and It clearly stipulates the right to bear. For common defense.
Scholars settled in the 1770 Boston Massacre Armed against the government's army, which states that it has solidified its desire. John Adams defended British soldiers in court, but codified "the right to keep armed" in the American political glossary.
The US Constitution does not specify a common defense. He added that the expression "right to retain and bear arms" is the expression "must not be infringed." "
The Boston Massacrescholars said soldiers shot and killed unarmed civilians in 1770, strengthening the colonial mind's desire to arm the government. We claim.
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Adams is for sure He was familiar with the colonial sentiment. British soldiers charged with the massacre
John Adams was born in a humble situation in this saltbox-style colonial home in Quincy, Massacre, on the outskirts of Boston. Today in Adams National Historical Park.(Kerry J. Byrne / Fox News Digital)
North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Vermont all declare their rights prior to the US Constitution. Has and mentions the "right to possess weapons".
However, it does not include Adams' wording about both the right to "hold" and "bear" the weapon. One way is to own it. Other means of carrying.
The "right to retain and bear the right to arm" is older than the country itself.
Adams created the Constitution of Massachusetts two years before the end of the American Revolutionary War and four years before the Paris Treaty (negotiated by Adams) officially recognizes American independence. ..
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Massachusetts in the United Kingdom in 1776 It was a free and independent constitutional republic, the first of its kind, but the war was intensifying elsewhere in the American colonies.
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Kerry J. Byrne is a lifestyle reporter for FoxNews Digital.