Quote

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