| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - The Vermont Constitution of 1777, dating well before the Bill of Rights to a time when Vermont was an independent republic, guarantees certain freedoms and rights to the citizens: ???That the people have a right to bear arms for the defence of themselves and the State ??? and as standing armies in time of peace are dangerous to liberty, they ought not to be kept up; and that the military should be
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