Tyranny of the ATF

[Seran]

Sure. There is plenty of evidence on that topic, but probably the best is from Alexander Hamilton. He wrote this in Federalist papers which predates the Bill of Rights:



And also:

That's cute, but Alexander Hamilton may have been a Constitutional Convention delegate, but he played little part in drafting the Constitution. He wasn't even one of the original drafters of the 23 approved articles written. The fact he wrote about it afterwards in the Federalist Papers is moot.