This video explains 'corpus linguistics,' a method of analyzing text databases to understand word usage. Anti-gun advocates are using this technique to argue that the Second Amendment's 'bear arms' phrase historically referred only to militia service, thereby excluding individual self-defense rights. The video refutes this, highlighting that the Supreme Court rejected similar arguments in the Heller decision and that corpus linguistics is a flawed and unreliable method for interpreting constitutional rights. It emphasizes the importance of understanding these legal arguments to defend gun rights.
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