...1, this provision provides That the people have a right to keep and bear arms; that a wellregulated militia, composed of the body of the people trained to arms, is the proper, natural, and safe defense of a free state; that standing armies, in time of peace, are dangerous to liberty and therefore...

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...trial by jury is preferable to any other and ought to be held sacred. Section 13. That a well-regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained to arms, is the proper, natural, and safe defense of a free state; that standing armies, in time of peace, should be avoided as dangerous to...

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...provisions pertaining to the right to keep and bear arms enacted between 1776 and 1820: 1776, Virginia: That a well regulated militia, composed of the body of...trained to arms, is the proper, natural, and safe defense of a free State; that standing armies, in time of peace, should be avoided, as dangerous to...

...subordination to and governed by the civil power. Ch. I, art. 16 (enacted 1777, ch. I, art. 15). Virginia: That a well regulated militia, composed of the body of...trained to arms, is the proper, natural, and safe defense of a free state, therefore, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed;...

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...the state and society as a whole. For example, Virginia's constitution, adopted in 1776, said "that a well regulated militia, composed of the body of...trained to arms, is the proper, natural, and safe defense of a free state." Likewise, Tennessee's constitution, adopted in 1796, guaranteed that "freemen...