...individual self-defense. The Vermont Constitution of 1777, Art. XV, provided: "That the people have a right to bear arms for the defence of themselves and the State;" it also prohibited a standing army and required civilian control of the militia. In view of...

...individual self-defense. The Vermont Constitution of 1777, Art. XV, provided : "That the people have a right to bear arms for the defence of themselves and the State ;" it also prohibited a standing army and required civilian control of the militia. In view of...

...in self-defense. The Pennsylvania Constitution of 17T6, Art. XIII, provided : "That the people have a right to bear arms for the defence of themselves and the state * * *." However, the remainder of that Article was concerned with the prohibition against a standing...

...17th. That the people have a right to bear arms for the defence of the State; and as standing armies in time of peace are dangerous to liberty, they ought not to be kept up; and that the military should be kept under strict subordination to, and governed by, the civil...

...Pennsylvania's: • That the people have a right to bear arms for the defense of themselves and the State; and as standing armies in the time of peace are dangerous to liberty, they ought not to be kept up. And that the military should be kept under strict subordination to, and governed by, the civil...

...Pennsylvania's: • That the people have a right to bear arms for the defense of themselves and the State; and as standing armies in the time of peace are dangerous to liberty, they ought not to be kept up. And that the military should be kept under strict subordination to, and governed by, the civil...

...That the people have a right to bear arms for the defence of the State ; and as (landing armies in time of peace are dangerous to liberty, they ought not to be kept up; and that the military fhould be kept under drift lubordination to, and governed by the civil power....

...States at their ratifying conventions. For instance, Pennsylvania agreed to the following article: "as standing armies in the time of peace are dangerous to liberty, they ought not to be kept up; and that the military shall be kept under strict subordination to and be governed by the civil...

...the People h¿'te a right to bear Arm, foe the Defence of the State; and as standing Armies in T.me of Peace are dangerous to liberty, they ought not to be kept up; and that the military should be kept under strict subordination to, and governed by, the civil...

...North Carolina are the two which contain the interdiction in these words: “As standing armies in time of peace are dangerous to liberty, THEY OUGHT NOT to be kept up.” This is, in truth, rather a CAUTION than a PROHIBITION. New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Delaware,...