Right to bear arms

The Bill of Rights^[1] is an Act of the Parliament of England passed on 16 December 1689.^[2] It was a restatement in statutory form of the Declaration of Right presented by the Convention Parliament to William and Mary in March 1689

 It reestablished the liberty of Protestants to have arms for their defence within the rule of law, and condemned James II of England for "causing several good subjects being Protestants to be disarmed at the same time whenpapists were both armed and employed contrary to law".