Resolution on the Right to Bear Arms in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Whereas Article I, section 21. The right of the citizens to bear arms in defense of themselves and the State shall not be questioned;
Whereas a right of the citizen cannot be infringed upon by the State, and the State must protect all those rights of the citizens as contained in Article I of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania;
Whereas Webster’s Dictionary of 1828 defines the word bear in many ways. The following is the second definition: To carry; to convey; to support and remove from place to place; as, 'they bear him upon the shoulder; ', 'the eagle beareth them on her wings.';
Whereas Webster’s Dictionary of 1828 defines the word arms in several ways. Here is the fourth definition: 4. In law, arms are anything which a man takes in his hand in anger, to strike or assault another;
Whereas in legal terms at the time of the adopting of the first Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the word “shall” as in the government shall or shall not means that the government must or must not do;
Whereas the wording of Article I, section 21 is the same today as it was in 1790, therefore all definitions pertaining to this clause were governed by Webster’s Dictionary of 1828, and by legal reference books at the time of the writing of the 1790 Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania;
Whereas the State requires all citizens to apply for a permit to carry concealed; and
Whereas the citizen is required by the State to answer specific questions when applying for the carry concealed permit; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, that the Constitution Party of Pennsylvania strongly opposes the State’s Carry Conceal Statute as it is in direct violation of the Citizen’s right to bear arms as outlined in Article I, Section 21 of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Whereas a right of the citizen cannot be infringed upon by the State, and the State must protect all those rights of the citizens as contained in Article I of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania;
Whereas Webster’s Dictionary of 1828 defines the word bear in many ways. The following is the second definition: To carry; to convey; to support and remove from place to place; as, 'they bear him upon the shoulder; ', 'the eagle beareth them on her wings.';
Whereas Webster’s Dictionary of 1828 defines the word arms in several ways. Here is the fourth definition: 4. In law, arms are anything which a man takes in his hand in anger, to strike or assault another;
Whereas in legal terms at the time of the adopting of the first Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the word “shall” as in the government shall or shall not means that the government must or must not do;
Whereas the wording of Article I, section 21 is the same today as it was in 1790, therefore all definitions pertaining to this clause were governed by Webster’s Dictionary of 1828, and by legal reference books at the time of the writing of the 1790 Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania;
Whereas the State requires all citizens to apply for a permit to carry concealed; and
Whereas the citizen is required by the State to answer specific questions when applying for the carry concealed permit; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, that the Constitution Party of Pennsylvania strongly opposes the State’s Carry Conceal Statute as it is in direct violation of the Citizen’s right to bear arms as outlined in Article I, Section 21 of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.