2nd Amendment ---- and other superfluous provisions

[andyfox]

I'm not talking about a quote. I'm talking about Jefferson's proposed draft for a constitution for the state of Virginia. All it said was: No freeman shall be debarred the use of arms. (It was folowed by: There shall be no standing army but in time of actual war.) When that was rejected Jefferson changed it to: No freeman shall be debarred the use of arms [within his own lands]. That too was rejected.