David Frum

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David Frum @davidfrum

Presser appealed his conviction all the way to the US Supreme Court. Presser's lawyers there argued that Illinois could not ban Presser's militia because US citizens possessed a Second Amendment right to bear arms and to practice together. 9/x — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Sept. 6, 2021

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Presser's group defied the ban. In December 1879, they shouldered rifles and marched in Chicago. They were all promptly arrested - including Presser himself, who was armed only with a saber, an exemption specifically allowed by state law. Presser was tried and convicted. 8/x — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Sept. 6, 2021

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The Supreme Court ruled against Presser https://t.co/u5vUMSoOFe on two main grounds: 1) The 2nd Amendment protects US citizens only against federal action, not state. (That part of the Presser holding was over-ruled in the 2010 case McDonald v. City of Chicago.) But also 10/x — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Sept. 6, 2021