The individual right to keep and bear arms shall not be denied or infringed by the State or a political subdivision of the State.
All people are by nature free and independent and have inalienable rights.
Among these are enjoying and defending life and liberty, aquiring, possessing, and protecting property and pursuing and obtaining safety , happiness and privacy. No law shall impose licensure, registration or special taxation on the ownership or possession of firearms or ammunition. Nor shall any law permit the confiscation of firearms, except those actually used in the commission of a felony. No municipality or county shall regulate, in any way, an incident of the right to keep and bear arms. Nothing herein shall justify the practice of carrying concealed weapons, or prevent the General Assembly from enacting penal statutes against that practice.