Original sentence: However, other researchers note: "Searching more comprehensive collections of English language works published before 1820 shows that there are a number of uses that...have nothing to do with military service...[and] The common law was in agreement.Most historians who have published peer reviewed research have found that prior to and through the Eighteenth century, usage of the expression "bear arms" in government documents referred overwhelmingly to the profession of military service, as opposed to the use of firearms by civilians, though this conclusion may be due to selection bias.On the other hand, Sayoko Blodgett-Ford notes non-military usage of the phrase in the Pennsylvania ratifying convention:"[T]he people have a right to bear arms for the defense of themselves and their own state, or the United States, or the purpose of killing game; and no law shall be passed for disarming the people or any of them, unless for crimes committed
Edited sentence: For the case of non-government documents: "Searching more comprehensive collections of English language [beyond government documents] works published before 1820 shows that there are a number of uses that...have nothing to do with military service...[and] The common law was in agreement.Most historians who have published peer reviewed research have found that prior to and through the Eighteenth century, usage of the expression "bear arms" in government documents referred overwhelmingly to the profession of military service, as opposed to the use of firearms by civilians, though this conclusion may be due to selection bias because the studies were limited to just government documents.Sayoko Blodgett-Ford, notes usage of the phrase in the Pennsylvania ratifying convention:"[T]he people have a right to bear arms for the defense of themselves and their own state, or the United States, or the purpose of killing game; and no law shall be passed for disarming the people or any of them, unless for crimes committed