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While the legislature has power, in the most comprehensive manner, to regulate the carrying and use of firearms, it has no power to constitute it a crime for a person, alien or citizen, to possess a revolver for the legitimate defense of himself and his property, said right being expressly granted by section 5, art. 2, of the State Constitution, to every person.
By: | Michigan Supreme Court (more quotes by Michigan Supreme Court or books by/about Michigan Supreme Court) |
Source: | People v. Zerillo, 219 Mich. 635, 189 N.W. 927, 24 A.L.R. 1115 at headnote 1 (1922). |
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