A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State,
the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
| 1. | Statute of Northampton 2 Edw. 3, c. 3 (1328) |
| 2. | Sir John Knight's Case |
| 3. | Bill of Rights, sec. 7, 2, 16 Dec. 1689 |
| 4. | William Blackstone, Commentaries 1:139, 1765 |
| 5. | Pennsylvania Constitution of 1776, Declaration of Rights, art. 13 |
| 6. | House of Representatives, Amendments to the Constitution, 17, 20 Aug. 1789 |
| 7. | St. George Tucker, Blackstone's Commentaries 1:App. 300, 1803 |
| 8. | Bliss v. Commonwealth |
| 9. | William Rawle, A View of the Constitution of the United States 125--26 1829 (2d ed.) |
| 10. | Joseph Story, Commentaries on the Constitution 3:§§ 1890--91, 1833 |
| 11. | State v. Mitchell |
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