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"The Right to Keep and Bear arms for any citizen for their personal defence and defence of their goods shall not be infringed"
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Many state constitutions specify just that, actually.
Also, "If thieves shall come to a Man's House, to rob or murther him, he may lawfully assemble company to defend his House by force; and if he or any of his company shall kill any of them in defence of Himself, his Family, his Goods or House, This is no Felony, neither shall they forfeit any thing therefore". This from a popular English 17th century guidebook for Justices of the Peace. Also bear in mind that in medieval England (documented in writs dating back to at least 1252) neighbours were expected to turn out with the weapons they were bound to keep whenever someone raised the "hue and cry".
Glad you read a short article by Malcolm, but like a short article by Lott, you miss much of the background scholarship that you'd get if you read their actual works.
