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The Federalist papers were campaign ads for ratification of the base Constitution from a faction opposed to adding a Bill of Rights (an opposition explicitly stated in the Federalist Papers; it was, in fact, the central theme of Federalist #84.)

They are neither a reliable summary of the motivations for the provisions they support nor any kind of argument for the provisions in the Bill of Rights.

>>dragon+(OP)
The opposition to the Bill of Rights was that it was unnecessary. Rights do not originate from the Constitution or the law.

The Bill of Rights was specifically designed to abrogate any possibility of infringement of those enumerated rights by an out of control State.