1776 PA. CONST., Declaration of Rights, § XIII
| dc.coverage.spatial | Pennsylvania | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-10-24T14:09:27Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-11-12T17:04:11Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-03-17T04:19:33Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1776 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Declared a right to bear arms for the defence of themselves and the state. | |
| dc.description.lawtext | 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. | |
| dc.description.summary | Declared a right to bear arms for the defense of themselves and the state. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.firearmsresearchcenter.org/id/frc0001/5170 | |
| dc.relation.isreferencedby | https://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/documents/bill_of_rightss5.html | |
| dc.subject | GUARANTEED RIGHT | |
| dc.title | 1776 PA. CONST., Declaration of Rights, § XIII |