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<blockquote>The inhabitants of Boston..... entered into a treaty with him, it was stipulated that the said inhabitants, having deposited their arms with their own Magistrates... delivered up their arms; but in open violation of honour, in defiance of the obligation of treaties, which even savage nations esteemed sacred, the Governour ordered the arms deposited as aforesaid.... to be seized by a body of soldiers</blockquote>
 
<blockquote>The inhabitants of Boston..... entered into a treaty with him, it was stipulated that the said inhabitants, having deposited their arms with their own Magistrates... delivered up their arms; but in open violation of honour, in defiance of the obligation of treaties, which even savage nations esteemed sacred, the Governour ordered the arms deposited as aforesaid.... to be seized by a body of soldiers</blockquote>
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[[Edmund Burke]] also noted Britain's use of gun confiscation in a speech, where he compared it to the confiscation of arms from Wales:
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[[Edmund Burke]] also noted Britain's use of an import ban<ref>[http://www.davekopel.org/2A/LawRev/american-revolution-against-british-gun-control.html The American Revolution against British Gun Control]</ref> and gun confiscation in a speech, where he compared it to the confiscation of arms from Wales:
    
<blockquote>Sir, during that state of things, Parliament was not idle. They attempted to subdue the fierce spirit of the Welsh by all sorts of rigorous laws. They prohibited by statute the sending all sorts of arms into Wales, as you prohibit by proclamation (with something more of doubt on the legality) the sending arms to America. They disarmed the Welsh by statute, as you attempted (but still with more question on the legality) to disarm New England by an instruction.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=1DWSBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA65 The Founders' Second Amendment: Origins of the Right to Bear Arms]</ref></blockquote>
 
<blockquote>Sir, during that state of things, Parliament was not idle. They attempted to subdue the fierce spirit of the Welsh by all sorts of rigorous laws. They prohibited by statute the sending all sorts of arms into Wales, as you prohibit by proclamation (with something more of doubt on the legality) the sending arms to America. They disarmed the Welsh by statute, as you attempted (but still with more question on the legality) to disarm New England by an instruction.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=1DWSBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA65 The Founders' Second Amendment: Origins of the Right to Bear Arms]</ref></blockquote>
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