Assertion: militia's arm | /r/ObjectUse | used at individual discretion
Facets:
value: except in private self-defense
type: PURPOSE
value: for the defense of the country
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: Arms in the hands of the citizens may be used at individual discretion for the defense of the country, the overthrow of tyranny, or private self-defense.
text: To suppose arms in the hands of citizens, to be used at individual discretion, except in private self-defense, or by partial orders of towns, countries or districts of a state, is to demolish every constitution, and lay the laws prostrate, so that liberty can be enjoyed by no man; it is a dissolution of the government.