Extract from Thomas Jefferson’s Drafts of the Virginia Constitution
| [before 13 June 1776] |
From Jefferson’s First Draft
no freeman shall ever be debarred the use of arms.
From Jefferson’s Second Draft
No freeman shall be debarred the use of arms [within his own lands or tenements].
From Jefferson’s Third Draft
No freeman shall be debarred the use of arms [within his own lands or tenements]
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June 13, 1776
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