Quote by North Carolina Constitution (1776)
""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 power.""

— North Carolina Constitution (1776)

Historical Significance

Southern state adoption of arms rights provision

Context

Revolutionary-era constitutional convention

Context

Revolutionary-era constitutional convention

Historical Significance

Southern state adoption of arms rights provision