From the Madison Resolution, June 8, 1789. Resolved, that the
following amendments ought to be proposed by Congress to the
legislatures of the states, to become, if ratified by three
fourths thereof, part of the constitution of the United
States... The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall
not be infringed; a well armed, and well regulated militia being
the best security of a free country; but no person religiously
scrupulous of bearing arms, shall be compelled to render
military service in person... AMENDMENTS PROPOSED BY STATES
Massachusetts Convention Did not propose a keeping and bearing
amendment, nor a militia nor a standing army amendment. South
Carolina Proposed no keeping and bearing, or militia or standing
army amendment. New Hampshire TENTH, That no standing Army shall
be Kept up in time of Peace unless with the consent of three
fourths of the Members of each branch of Congress, nor shall
Soldiers in Time of Peace be Quartered upon private Houses
without the consent of the Owners... TWELF