1781 GRANVILLE SHARP. On the Right to Bear Arms & Form Public Militias. Second Amendment Foundational Text. Puritan should it remain not sold

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1781 GRANVILLE SHARP. On the Right to Bear Arms & Form Public Militias. Second Amendment Foundational Text. Puritan should it remain not soldOnly offered at auction once since 1973, the present is a foundational text for the formation of the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Sharp was a pro American Quaker and Abolitionist living in England. Writing specifically in the context of the potential infringement of overreaching governments, he saw localized, armed militias as an important safeguard. Recent scholarship recognizes Sharp's work as foundational to a