 The people have a right to keep and to bear arms for the common defence: and as, in time of peace, armies are dangerous to liberty, they ought not to be maintained without the consent of the legislature ; and the military power shall always be held in...  The School of Wisdom - Page 1801803 - 224 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Francis Newton Thorpe - Charters - 1909 - 628 pages
...other. SEC. 28. The people have a right to keep and bear arms for the common defence. As, in times of peace, armies are dangerous to liberty, they ought not to be maintained without the consent of the general assembly. The military power ought always to be held in an exact sulxmlination... | |
 | Frederick Starr - History - 1913 - 304 pages
...right of suffrage. SECTION 12. The people have a right to keep and bear arms for the common defence and as in time of peace, armies are dangerous to liberty, they ought not to be maintained without the consent of the Legislature; and the military power shall always be held in exact subordination to the... | |
 | Frederick Albert Cleveland - Democracy - 1913 - 526 pages
...of Rights in Massachusetts. "The people have a right to keep and bear arms for common defence. And as in time of peace armies are dangerous to liberty, they ought not to be maintained without the consent of the legislature; and the military power shall always be held in an exact subordination to... | |
 | Frederick Starr - History - 1913 - 302 pages
...right of suffrage. SECTION 12. The people have a right to keep and bear arms for the common defence and as in time of peace, armies are dangerous to liberty, they ought not to be maintained without the consent of the Legislature; and the military power shall always be held in exact subordination to the... | |
 | Massachusetts - 1914 - 80 pages
...this commonwealth. XVII. The people have a right to keep and to bear arms for the common defence. And as, in time of peace, armies are dangerous to liberty, they ought not to be maintained without the consent of the legislature ; and the military power shall always be held in an exact subordination... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1915 - 884 pages
...language is: "The people have a right to keep and bear arms for the common defense, and as in times of peace armies are dangerous to liberty, they ought not to be maintained without consent of the legislature." In that of Connecticut: "Every citizen has a right to bear arms in defense... | |
 | Massachusetts. Constitutional Convention - Constitution - 1920 - 568 pages
...commonwealth. [5 17] ART. 17. The people have a right to keep and to bear arms for the common defence. And as. in time of peace, armies are dangerous to liberty, they ought not to be maintained without the consent of the legislature; and the military power shall always be held in an exact subordination to... | |
 | Massachusetts - Massachusetts - 1919 - 422 pages
...XXI.) [XVII.] The people have a right to keep /ยง 34) and to bear arms for the common defence. And as, in time of peace, armies are dangerous to liberty, they ought not to be maintained without the consent of the legislature; and the military power shall always be held in an exact subordination to... | |
 | Massachusetts - Constitutional law - 1920 - 196 pages
...initiative* II, sect. 2. XVII. The people have a right to keep and to bear arms for the common defence. And as, in time of peace, armies are dangerous to liberty, they ought not to be maintained without the consent of the legislature; and ^ m ilit arv p Ower sna ll always be held in an exact subordination... | |
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