Constitution · Mississippi

Miss. Const. art. 3, § 12

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Constitution of Mississippi
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October 2026

What does this section say?

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 when thereto legally summoned, shall not be called in question, but the legislature may regulate or forbid carrying concealed weapons. SOURCES: 1817 art I §23; 1832 art I §23; 1869 art I §15.

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