1-29-1851: "and have certain inalienable rights, among which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty . . . protecting property . . . The people shall have the right to bear arms for their defence and security“

Ohio Constitutional Convention, “We the people of the State of Ohio, grateful to Almighty God for our freedom . . . All men are, by nature, free and independe[n]t, and have certain inalienable rights, among which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty, acquiring, possessing and protecting property . . . The people shall have the right to bear arms for their defence and security“, Jan. 29, 1851