Historians have found early drafts of the Bill of Rights that had lain undiscovered for over 230 years. The text is largely as eventually proposed, but includes a stronger statement protecting ownership of nearly all types of armaments by individuals.

A comparison of the original and eventually proposed text reveals a dynamic between the era's true patriots and their less-committed neighbors.

The documents were found in a locked box inside a closet at Sheboygan Technical University's Permanent International Depository. [MORE]