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[–] 1Iron_Curtain 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

The biggest promoters of gun rights were those on the frontier and New Englanders. The South only adopted it later when it was meant to keep the feds at bay and to ensure stability in their own society.

The feds though banned people from self-protecting themselves from unfair taxation though, whether it was the Whiskey Rebellion or Shay's Rebellion.