...Colleagues, as though for their Departure from the Letter of the Bill of Rights ; which had declared, "that the Raising or Keeping a Standing Army within...be with Consent of Parliament — is against Law." But he positively refused to receive, into the Preamble, any Admission of the Illegality of the Measure....

...Subjects to petition the King, and that all commitments or persecutions for such petitions are illegal : That the raising or keeping a standing army within...peace, unless it be with consent of parliament, is illegal : That the subjects which are protestants, may have arms for their defence suitable to their...

...has convinced me that this language refers to the clause in the Bill of Rights of 1689 that states: "The subjects which are Protestants may have arms...suitable to their conditions and as allowed by law." This language was provoked, apparently, by the fact that James II had stood down the county militia—...

...considerable influence on the English Bill of Rights that the Convention adopted, and one of these rights was "that the subjects which are protestants may have...suitable to their conditions and as allowed by law." This was the direct ancestor of our own Second Amendment, and in fact the original language of the...

...continental Europe) with the primary right founding power from below. Thus, in the Bill of Rights we read: '7) That the subjects which are Protestants, may have arms for their defence suitable to their condition ... 8) That election of members of Parliament ought to be free ...'. It is necessary to labour...

...committments and ptosecutions fot such petitioning ate illegal. 6. That the taising ot keeping a standing atmy within the kingdom in time of peace, unless it be with consent of patliament, is against law. 7. That the subjects which ate ptotestants, may have atms fot theit defence...

...State, the right of the people to keep and bear Anns, shall not be infringed. English BUI of Rights: That the subjects which are protestants may have arms...suitable to their conditions and as allowed by law (1689)." Alabama: That every citizen has a right to bear arms in defence of himself and the state (1817).23...

...of the Seditious Assemblies' Act, an appeal was preferred to the Declaration of Rights, which says 'that the subjects, which are Protestants, may have arms for their defence, suitable to their condition, and as allowed by law.' It was, however, most justly observed by Mr. Canning, that the restriction...

...create a right to bear arms out of whole cloth. England's Declaration of Rights of 1689 declared: "That subjects which are Protestants may have arms for their defence suitable to their condition and allowed by law." The American Founders were intimately familiar with this provision and...

...of Rights and other acts of this period. The Bill of Rights stated, "That the raising or keeping of a standing army within the kingdom in time of peace, unless it be with the consent of parliament, is against law" and "That the subjects which are Protestants may have arms...