[cripplecreek]

The Constitution of the State of Michigan of Article 1, Section 6 reads:

Every person has a right to keep and bear arms for the defense of himself and the state.

Every person seems pretty clear to me however I would interpret it to mean "citizen".

[OneWingedShark]

>>Every person has a right to keep and bear arms for the defense of himself and the state.
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>Every person seems pretty clear to me however I would interpret it to mean “citizen”.

I actually see a lot of hope [countering police-statism] because of the broad nature of the above.
Consider what it would be like if the government said that 1) only citizens were afforded protection under the federal Constitution, and 2) that say, refusing to talk to the police or demanding a warrant or disagreeing with a government-endorsed position were grounds for terminating one’s ‘citizenship status.’

It is things like “every person” which will afford SOME manner of legal protection, though to be honest at *that* point it becomes almost moot.