Original sentence: The people's right to have their own arms for their defense, which is not necessarily the same as bear arms, is described in the philosophical and political writings of Aristotle, Cicero, John Locke, Machiavelli, the English Whigs, and others
Edited sentence: The people's right to have their own arms for their defense is described in the philosophical and political writings of Aristotle, Cicero, John Locke, Machiavelli, the English Whigs, and others