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<!-- pencil annotations --> <p> 6 +D C<hi rend="superscript">d</hi> <note>16</note><lb/> <note>Preliminary Observations</note> Police Revenue Bill</p> <note>Gunpowder &c<lb/>6<lb/><del>Fire</del> <add>Small</add> Arms The<lb/><gap/> in this article<lb/>has all the advantages<lb/>of that in Gunpowder<lb/> except what <gap/> <lb/>Fireworks </note> <p> <del> II The proposed duty on Fire arms <gap/> <gap/> with<lb/> a part only of</del> <add> Of </add> the advantages derivable from <del> that proposed</del> <add> the <del><gap/></del></add> <lb/> proposed duty on Gunpowder a part only adhere to that<lb/> <del>duty</del> on <del>Gunpowder</del><add> Fire Arms</add>. Its operation does not apply<lb/> to the case of the nuisance of Street Fireworks —<lb/>But it applies <del>with</del> in a more pointed manner<lb/> to the mischief of <hi rend="underline">poaching</hi>: and in a manner<lb/> equally pointed to the danger of rebellion. <hi rend="superscript">[+]</hi><lb/> <note>[+] It would be a most<lb/> powerful check, (to say <lb/>the least) to the practice <lb/>of poaching, and <lb/>at the same time <del><gap/></del><lb/> make no small addition <lb/>to the produce of <lb/>the Duty on Game-Licences,<lb/> if it were <lb/>made penal for every <lb/>person not having a <lb/>gun licence to have <lb/>a fowling piece in <lb/>his possession. The <lb/>objection to this is,<lb/> the injury that would<lb/> thereby be done to the <lb/>Gunsmith's trade: a <lb/><del><gap/></del> remedy would be <lb/>to appoint for the convenience <lb/>of the regulation<lb/> a distant <lb/>period; suppose seven <lb/>years.</note></p> <note>7.<lb/> This no infringement<lb/> of the Constitutional<lb/> right of Self-Defence</note> <p><del> Great</del> Every man has a right <add><del>It is among the privileges appertaining </del></add> (as has been <add>said)</add> to <lb/> carry arms in his own defence — and to keep them<lb/> for the defence of his House and Family <hi rend="superscript">[+2]</hi> <note>[+2] Every man's House is his Castle.</note> Admitted.<lb/> But this does not prevent <del>a man's House</del> <add> every man's Castle</add> from being<lb/> taxed: nor <del>to</del> has it been understood to prevent a <lb/>restraint upon the right of <del>carrying</del> keeping <del><gap/></del> <lb/> guns for fowling, though the same gun which kills fowls<lb/> would be equally capable of being <sic>employ'd</sic> upon <lb/> occasion in killing Robbers. A Gun is a security<lb/> against Robbers: but a policy of Insurance is a <lb/> still more effective security against loss by fire: and<lb/> as Policies of Insurance <add>against fire</add> have been subjects of taxation,<lb/> so with much more reason may the sort of security<lb/> afforded by fire-arms against Robbers. The security<lb/> afforded by the Policy of Insurance can not be <del><sic>employ'd</sic></del><lb/> productive of any other effect than the excellent effect<lb/> of indemnifying a man <add> in a certain degree against</add> <del>against</del><add> the tremendous <del>the</del> calamity which</add> <del> a calamity so terribly <lb/> indefinite in its extent</del> <add> it is <del><gap/></del> employed to obviate:</add> <del> the Gun</del> Fire arms are equally<lb/> applicable to the <add> a variety of </add> most <sic>insedicious</sic> purposes as to <lb/> <del> that for which</del> their own good purpose: as easily employ'd <lb/> <hi rend="underline">by</hi> Robbers and <del> <gap/> <gap/> </del> <add> other Disturbers of Society</add> as <hi rend="underline">against them.</hi></p> | <!-- pencil annotations --> <p> 6 +D C<hi rend="superscript">d</hi> <note>16</note><lb/> <note>Preliminary Observations</note> Police Revenue Bill</p> <note>Gunpowder &c<lb/>6<lb/><del>Fire</del> <add>Small</add> Arms The<lb/><gap/> in this article<lb/>has all the advantages<lb/>of that in Gunpowder<lb/> except what <gap/> <lb/>Fireworks </note> <p> <del> II The proposed duty on Fire arms <gap/> <gap/> with<lb/> a part only of</del> <add> Of </add> the advantages derivable from <del> that proposed</del> <add> the <del><gap/></del></add> <lb/> proposed duty on Gunpowder a part only adhere to that<lb/> <del>duty</del> on <del>Gunpowder</del><add> Fire Arms</add>. Its operation does not apply<lb/> to the case of the nuisance of Street Fireworks —<lb/>But it applies <del>with</del> in a more pointed manner<lb/> to the mischief of <hi rend="underline">poaching</hi>: and in a manner<lb/> equally pointed to the danger of rebellion. <hi rend="superscript">[+]</hi><lb/> <note>[+] It would be a most<lb/> powerful check, (to say <lb/>the least) to the practice <lb/>of poaching, and <lb/>at the same time <del><gap/></del><lb/> make no small addition <lb/>to the produce of <lb/>the Duty on Game-Licences,<lb/> if it were <lb/>made penal for every <lb/>person not having a <lb/>gun licence to have <lb/>a fowling piece in <lb/>his possession. The <lb/>objection to this is,<lb/> the injury that would<lb/> thereby be done to the <lb/>Gunsmith's trade: a <lb/><del><gap/></del> remedy would be <lb/>to appoint for the convenience <lb/>of the regulation<lb/> a distant <lb/>period; suppose seven <lb/>years.</note></p> <note>7.<lb/> This no infringement<lb/> of the Constitutional<lb/> right of Self-Defence</note> <p><del> Great</del> Every man has a right <add><del>It is among the privileges appertaining </del></add> (as has been <add>said)</add> to <lb/> carry arms in his own defence — and to keep them<lb/> for the defence of his House and Family <hi rend="superscript">[+2]</hi> <note>[+2] Every man's House is his Castle.</note> Admitted.<lb/> But this does not prevent <del>a man's House</del> <add> every man's Castle</add> from being<lb/> taxed: nor <del>to</del> has it been understood to prevent a <lb/>restraint upon the right of <del>carrying</del> keeping <del><gap/></del> <lb/> guns for fowling, though the same gun which kills fowls<lb/> would be equally capable of being <sic>employ'd</sic> upon <lb/> occasion in killing Robbers. A Gun is a security<lb/> against Robbers: but a policy of Insurance is a <lb/> still more effective security against loss by fire: and<lb/> as Policies of Insurance <add>against fire</add> have been subjects of taxation,<lb/> so with much more reason may the sort of security<lb/> afforded by fire-arms against Robbers. The security<lb/> afforded by the Policy of Insurance can not be <del><sic>employ'd</sic></del><lb/> productive of any other effect than the excellent effect<lb/> of indemnifying a man <add> in a certain degree against</add> <del>against</del><add> the tremendous <del>the</del> calamity which</add> <del> a calamity so terribly <lb/> indefinite in its extent</del> <add> it is <del><gap/></del> employed to obviate:</add> <del> the Gun</del> Fire arms are equally<lb/> applicable to the <add> a variety of </add> most <sic>insedicious</sic> purposes as to <lb/> <del> that for which</del> their own good purpose: as easily employ'd <lb/> <hi rend="underline">by</hi> Robbers and <del> <gap/> <gap/> </del> <add> other Disturbers of Society</add> as <hi rend="underline">against them.</hi></p> | ||
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6 +D Cd 16
Preliminary Observations Police Revenue Bill
Gunpowder &c
6
Fire Small Arms The
in this article
has all the advantages
of that in Gunpowder
except what
Fireworks
II The proposed duty on Fire arms with
a part only of Of the advantages derivable from that proposed the
proposed duty on Gunpowder a part only adhere to that
duty on Gunpowder Fire Arms. Its operation does not apply
to the case of the nuisance of Street Fireworks —
But it applies with in a more pointed manner
to the mischief of poaching: and in a manner
equally pointed to the danger of rebellion. [+]
[+] It would be a most
powerful check, (to say
the least) to the practice
of poaching, and
at the same time
make no small addition
to the produce of
the Duty on Game-Licences,
if it were
made penal for every
person not having a
gun licence to have
a fowling piece in
his possession. The
objection to this is,
the injury that would
thereby be done to the
Gunsmith's trade: a
remedy would be
to appoint for the convenience
of the regulation
a distant
period; suppose seven
years.
7.
This no infringement
of the Constitutional
right of Self-Defence
Great Every man has a right It is among the privileges appertaining (as has been said) to
carry arms in his own defence — and to keep them
for the defence of his House and Family [+2] [+2] Every man's House is his Castle. Admitted.
But this does not prevent a man's House every man's Castle from being
taxed: nor to has it been understood to prevent a
restraint upon the right of carrying keeping
guns for fowling, though the same gun which kills fowls
would be equally capable of being employ'd upon
occasion in killing Robbers. A Gun is a security
against Robbers: but a policy of Insurance is a
still more effective security against loss by fire: and
as Policies of Insurance against fire have been subjects of taxation,
so with much more reason may the sort of security
afforded by fire-arms against Robbers. The security
afforded by the Policy of Insurance can not be employ'd
productive of any other effect than the excellent effect
of indemnifying a man in a certain degree against against the tremendous the calamity which a calamity so terribly
indefinite in its extent it is employed to obviate: the Gun Fire arms are equally
applicable to the a variety of most insedicious purposes as to
that for which their own good purpose: as easily employ'd
by Robbers and other Disturbers of Society as against them.
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