DeSotoSky
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Hello and welcome to the Sunday Picture Show. Share your Buck knives with others by posting pictures of them here. New or old, plain or custom, user or safe queen, one or a collection, we love to see them all. This weekly tradition was started in 2010 by ItsTooEarly (Armand Hernandez) and Oregon (Steve Dunn). Help keep the tradition alive. Feel free to click that 'LIKE' but lets not let it replace discussing and complimenting each others knives. DeSotoSky (Roger Yost)
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James Madison, despite initially opposing the idea of a Bill of Rights,
eventually became the primary author and advocate for its inclusion in the U.S. Constitution
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December 15th is our "Bill of Rights" day.
On this day in 1791, Virginia became the required 11th of 14 States to ratify the Billl of Rights. (Vermont became 14th State earlier in 1791)
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Our government initially operated under the Articles of Confederation (1777), basically our first Constitution. The present Constitution was drafted during the summer of 1787 and its acceptance required 9 of the 13 states to ratify it. New Hampshire was the 9th to ratify in June 1788 making it our our official law and ending operation under the Articles of Confederation. Rhode Island was the 13th and final State ratify the Constitution in May 1790. The Constitution did not contain a Bill of Rights and it was heavily debated. There is some thought that the Constitution might not have been ratified so easily if the framers had not promised to add a Bill of Rights. Originally 19, then 17, and finally 12 proposals were submitted to Congress. Madison felt they should be added to the original text of the Constitution but it was decided to add them to the end as Ammendments. Voted on individually, 10 of the 12 proposals were ratified. With the quorum of 11 ratifications was reached the 10 Ammendments became law. The three remaining states, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Georgia, their vote became unnecessary for passage. They ratified the Bill of Rights symbolically in 1939. What became of the two proposals that did not pass, the first related to formulas for the size of the house of Representatives based on population. The second related to Congressional Pay and ultimately passed as the 27th Ammendment in 1992. Basically said if Congress voted themselves raises, it did not take effect until after the next election cycle.
1st Freedom of Speech
2nd Right to Keep and Bear Arms
3rd No quartering of soldiers in private homes
4th Unreasonable search & seizure
5th Double jeopardy
6th Right to speedy trial and representation (I don't think we do too well on this one)
7th Right to trial by jury
8th Cruel and unusual punishment
9th Citizens have other rights not mentioned
10th States rights
Realistically, the history and politics of the day is much more complex than I could ever touch on here.
Read more if you care to. Start with these two.
United States Bill of Rights - Wikipedia
The Bill of Rights
Español The Conventions of a number of the States, having at the time of their adopting the Constitution, expressed a desire, in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, that further declaratory and restrictive clauses should be added: And as extending the ground of public...
www.archives.gov
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This week some 525 Gent Woodies. First up is a 525 Tracks c.2000. The tracks etch is on both sides. I recall there is a matching 470 & 475, I probably have them somewhere also. The next 3 are Limited Editions from the 1998 catalog. American Oak, Burgundy Rosewood, and Indigo Blue.
1998 Catalog
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