Ky. Const. § 1

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Section 1 Rights of life, liberty, worship, pursuit of safety and happiness, free

speech, acquiring and protecting property, peaceable assembly, redress of

grievances, bearing arms.

All men are, by nature, free and equal, and have certain inherent and inalienable

rights, among which may be reckoned:

First: The right of enjoying and defending their lives and liberties.

Second: The right of worshipping Almighty God according to the dictates of their

consciences.

Third: The right of seeking and pursuing their safety and happiness.

Fourth: The right of freely communicating their thoughts and opinions.

Fifth: The right of acquiring and protecting property.

Sixth: The right of assembling together in a peaceable manner for their common

good, and of applying to those invested with the power of government for redress of

grievances or other proper purposes, by petition, address or remonstrance.

Seventh: The right to bear arms in defense of themselves and of the State, subject to

the power of the General Assembly to enact laws to prevent persons from carrying

concealed weapons.

Text as Ratified on: August 3, 1891, and revised September 28, 1891.

History: Not yet amended.

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