2-7-1884: “That all persons are born equally free, and have certain natural, essential and inalienable rights . . . defending their lives and liberties . . . protecting property . . . That the right of no person to keep and bear arms in delence of his own home, person and property..."

Montana Constitutional Convention, “That all persons are born equally free, and have certain natural, essential and inalienable rights, among which may be reconed the right of enjoying and defending their lives and liberties . . . protecting property . . . That the right of no person to keep and bear arms in delence of his own home, person and property, or in aid of the civil power when thereto legally summoned, shall be called in question….”, Feb. 7, 1884