[rustbucket]

The same bill of rights were put directly into the Confederate Constitution.

The South could lay claim to the BOR just as much as the North could, if not more so. The difference was that the South understood them.

[fortheDeclaration]

The same bill of rights were put directly into the Confederate Constitution. The South could lay claim to the BOR just as much as the North could, if not more so. The difference was that the South understood them

They did?

Well, how come the first gun control laws came from the South?

[lentulusgracchus]

The South could lay claim to the BOR just as much as the North could, if not more so. The difference was that the South understood them.

I disagree -- they both understood them. The Northern Interests just found them........annoying.