WERE NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE 3RD, 4TH, 5TH, 6TH, 7TH OR 8TH AMENDMENT TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION WE ARE GOING TO REVIEW THE 9TH AND 10TH AMENDMENT TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION  SINCE THESE AMENDMENTS AFFECT OUR GUN OWNERSHIP HERE IN MASSACHUSETTS AND ELSEWHERE IN THE U.S.A.

MASSACHUSETTS "CONSTITUTION" IS ACTUALLY A DECLARATION OF RIGHTS

Article XVII  provides the following language,"  The people have a right to keep and to bear arms for the common defense. And as, in time of peace, armies are dangerous to liberty, they ought not to be maintained without the consent of the legislature; and the military power shall always be held in an exact subordination to the civil authority, and be governed by it. (1780)

So, what is the difference between the U.S. Constitution 2nd Amendment and MA Article XVII?

QUIZ. . .WE REFER TO THE U.S. SENATE AS THE UPPER CHAMBER - WHY?

Hint: Where was the U.S. Senate located in relation to the House of  Representatives in Philadelphia, PA

UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION BILL OF RIGHTS

Amendment II
A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.

Amendment X
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.