Mississippi Constitution

Article 3, § 12 — Right to bear arms

Mississippi Const. art. 3, § 12

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Miss. Const. art. 3, § 12.

Full Text

The right of every citizen to keep and bear arms in defense of his home, person, or property, or in aid of the civil power when thereto legally summoned, shall not be called in question, but the Legislature may regulate or forbid carrying concealed weapons.

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History

SOURCES: 1817 art I § 23; 1832 art I § 23; 1869 art I § 15.

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