The Father of the Constitution, James Madison gives speech June 8, 1789 to 1st Congress to appeal for the adoption of a bill of inalienable and individual rights.
Inalienable, as it refers to a right, is non-transferrable and cannot be surrendered by the possessor. His speech expressed 12 rights, including; "The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed; a well armed and well regulated militia being the best security of a free country; but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service in person." Read more;
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