>-- rights cannot be taken away except by due process. ..unless you redefine what is considered "rights" (which after 200+ years will happen).
>Citing the Connecticut Constitution was also interesting since it was passed in 1788 and conveys the words "Every citizen has a right to bear arms in defense of himself and the state," making it very clear why citizens have the right to bear arms, and from the same time period as our own U.S. Constitution. http://www.cslib.org/constitutionalamends/constitution.htm > >In Indiana our Constitution was originally ratified in 1816, later amended in 1851, and we still possess a similar clause: "Section 32. The people shall have a right to bear arms, for the defense of themselves and the State."http://www.law.indiana.edu/uslawdocs/inconst/art-1.html
