Mario’s World

The US Constitution: “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.”

Virginia Constitution: 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, therefore, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed; that standing armies, in time of peace, should be avoided as dangerous to liberty; and that in all cases the military should be under strict subordination to, and governed by, the civil power.

Connecticut Constitution: Every citizen has a right to bear arms in defense of himself and the state.

Hawaii Constitution: 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.

Maine Constitution: Every citizen has a right to keep and bear arms and this right shall never be questioned.

Massachusetts Constitution: The people have a right to keep and to bear arms for the common defense. 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 the civil authority, and be governed by it.

New Hampshire Constitution: All persons have the right to keep and bear arms in defense of themselves, their families, their property and the state.

44 State Constitutions: Re-affirm the Bill of Rights provision on the Right to Bear Arms

Thomas Jefferson:
“No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms. The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government”

George Washington:
“The very atmosphere of firearms anywhere and everywhere restrains evil interference – they deserve a place of honor with all that’s good”

Alexander Hamilton:
“The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed.”

Mahatma Gandhi:
“Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act of depriving a whole nation of arms, as the blackest.”

Mario Cuomo:
“You don’t need 10 bullets to kill a deer.”