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| | State Constitutional Right to Keep and Bear Arms Provisions, by Date |
 | | 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. |
 | | That the people have a right to bear arms for the defence 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 power. |
 | | The military power of the State shall always be held in subordination to the civil authority and be governed by it. |
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