- “The congress of the United States possesses no power to regulate, or interfere with the domestic concerns, or police of any state: it belongs not to them to establish any rules respecting the rights of property; nor will the constitution permit any prohibition of arms to the people;”
Saint George Tucker, Blackstone’s Commentaries (1803)
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You might mention that this quote was part of Tucker’s notes in Blackstone’s, and hot the actualt words of Blackstone in his Commentaries himself.
Not sure, that’s how it was cited where I found it (I think wikiquote.org)