N.C. Const. art I, § 30
Abstract
Declared a right to bear arms in defense of the state, and that standing armies are dangerous to liberty in times of peace and shall not be "kept up."
Summary
Declared a right to bear arms in defense of the state and that standing armies are dangerous to liberty in times of peace and shall not be maintained.
Law Text
Sec. 30. Militia and the right to bear arms.
A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed; and, as standing armies in time of peace are dangerous to liberty, they shall not be maintained, and the military shall be kept under strict subordination to, and governed by, the civil power. Nothing herein shall justify the practice of carrying concealed weapons, or prevent the General Assembly from enacting penal statutes against that practice.
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