bear arms
Possess firearms legally
To bear arms is to carry weapons, especially firearms.
The phrase appears most prominently in the Second Amendment to the U.S.
Constitution, where its meaning—individual right to own guns or collective right to form militias—remains fiercely debated.
More broadly, bearing arms can mean serving as a soldier: He never bore arms in combat.
- firearmProjectile weapon using explosives
- weaponryMilitary equipment collectively
- soldierArmed forces member
- responsibilityState of being answerable
- Second AmendmentConstitutional gun rights clause
gun rights · militia · enlistment · gun ownership · combat · concealed carry · infantry · duty · constitutional rights · founding fathers · open carry · training · self-defense · castle doctrine · stand your ground · home defense · defense strategy · resistance
- rightscivil liberties, constitutional rights, right, rights, human rights
- ConstitutionBill of Rights, preamble, articles, U.S. Constitution, Article I
- legal rightslegal rights, constitutional rights, fundamental rights, Miranda rights, Bill of Rights
bear armsdisarmament
Reducing or eliminating weapons
gun control · arms control · demilitarization · weapons ban · nuclear disarmament
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