Current Interpretation

Vermont: That the people have a right to bear arms for the defense of themselves and the State -- and as standing armies in time of peace are dangerous to liberty, they ought not to be kept up; and that the military should be kept under strict subordination to and governed by the civil power.

This is the Vermont law about an individual's right to bear arms. This law mainly addresses that people have the right to bear arms for self defense and for statewide defense. It also states that the civil power can make restrictions and decisions involving the militia and their arms. It states that the military should be under strict control when it comes to the arms they are allowed to posses and when they can posses them.


http://www2.law.ucla.edu/volokh/beararms/statecon.htm