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In reply to the discussion: Trump says administration looking 'seriously' at ending birthright citizenship [View all]Igel
(35,300 posts)At least some by EO.
It's been done a few times, with different laws and provisions. Saying that it's only the formal militia, or that arms aren't the heirs to 18th-century firearms but precisely 18th-century firearms, or that "bear" only includes inside your house and to a local firing range (but nothing more) aren't that dissimilar.
Upthread there's a Soviet example. On the other hand, the Soviet constitution gave the rights to gun ownership. Except in practice you needed registration, training, permission, the gun had to be kept in a gun locker under militia or gun-range supervision, and if you wanted to transport it for, say, hunting you needed a special permit. (The right to own firearms was as carefully expanded and broadened as the right to freely practice religion.)