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To: MilesVeritatis
The New Hampshire State Constitution gets it right also:

[Art.] 2-a. [The Bearing of Arms.]. All persons have the right to keep and bear arms in defense of themselves, their families, their property and the state.

[Art.] 10. [Right of Revolution.] Government being instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security, of the whole community, and not for the private interest or emolument of any one man, family, or class of men; therefore, whenever the ends of government are perverted, and public liberty manifestly endangered, and all other means of redress are ineffectual, the people may, and of right ought to reform the old, or establish a new government. The doctrine of nonresistance against arbitrary power, and oppression, is absurd, slavish, and destructive of the good and happiness of mankind.

20 posted on 07/03/2006 7:50:48 PM PDT by freeandfreezing
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To: freeandfreezing

And do not forget that Letters of Marque and Rebuke infer both private armies and private battleships, and that clause in the Constitution PRECEDES the clauses that permit the Federal Government to form and fund an Army and Navy.


23 posted on 07/03/2006 8:22:08 PM PDT by bvw (Repeated from Dec 2005 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1546913/posts)
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To: freeandfreezing
The New Hampshire State Constitution gets it right also:

So does Nebraska:

All persons. . . have certain . . . rights, among these are . . . the right to keep and bear arms for security or defense of self, family, home, and others, and for lawful common defense, hunting, recreational use, and all other lawful purposes, and such rights shall not be denied or infringed by the state or any subdivision thereof." (Article 1, Section 1).

All after "arms" and before "and such rights", was added by the People of the state in, IIRC, 1986. However that hasn't led to any gun control laws, some of which are outright bans (by cities) on bearing arms. The Courts have just ignored the will of the people. Concealed carry was still banned, as was open carry of handguns in most situations, at least until a fairly restrictive CHL law was passed in the last session of the unicameral. Several cities plan to not recognize the CHLs.

55 posted on 07/08/2006 8:17:56 AM PDT by El Gato
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