right shall never be questioned. Article I, section 16 . Massachusetts : The people have a right to keep and bear arms for the common defence. And as, in times of peace, armies are dangerous to liberty, they ought not to be maintained without the consent of the legislature; and the military power shall always be held in an exact subordination to the civil authority, and be governed by it. Massachusetts Declaration of Rights, part I, article XVII . Michigan : Every person has a right to keep and bear arms for the defense of himself and the state. Article I, section 6 . Mississippi : 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 where thereto legally summoned, shall not be called in question, but the legislature may regulate or forbid carrying concealed weapons. Article 3, section 12 . Missouri : That the right of every citizen to keep and bear arms in defense of his home, person and property, or when lawfully summoned in aid of the civil power, shall not be questioned; but this shall not justify the wearing of concealed weapons. Article I, section 23 . Montana : The right of any person to keep or bear arms in defense of his own home, person, and property, or in aid of the civil power (p.104) when thereto legally summoned, shall not be called in question, but nothing herein contained shall