1776 PA. CONST., Declaration of Rights, § XIII
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Declared a right to bear arms for the defence of themselves and the state.
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Declared a right to bear arms for the defense of themselves and the state.
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XIII. 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.
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