Chris Murphy

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3/ And it's not like independence from Britain - or the adoption of the 2nd Amendment - changed anything. In the late 1700s, North Carolina and Virginia passed laws restricting carrying guns in public. In the 1800s, 38 more states joined the list. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 4, 2021

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2/ Colonial America was full of laws regulating who could carry guns in America. As early as 1686, New Jersey enacted a law against wearing weapons because they induced “great Fear and Quarrels.” Massachusetts followed in 1750. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 4, 2021

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4/ As an example, Alabama's 1837 law was entitled "An act to suppress the evil practice of carrying weapons secretly.” Early America was full of laws allowing government to regulate guns in public. It was viewed as a perfectly constitutional exercise of government authority. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 4, 2021