right to bear arms
Gun ownership freedom
The right to bear arms is the legal right to own and carry weapons, especially firearms.
In American usage, it refers specifically to the Second Amendment of the U.S.
Constitution, which protects this right and generates ongoing debate about its scope and limits: Gun control advocates and Second Amendment defenders interpret the right to bear arms very differently.
- firearm safetySafe weapon handling practices
- Second AmendmentConstitutional gun rights clause
- concealed carryLicensed hidden weapon possession
- self-defense lawsRules permitting protective force
- open carryBearing weapons visibly
castle doctrine · colonial militias · militia · founding fathers · red flag laws · background checks · gun show loophole · firearm ownership · stand your ground laws · personal security · gun culture · licensing requirements · shooting ranges · military service · NRA · gun lobby · judicial review · hunting
- rightscivil liberties, immunity, liberty, constitutional guarantees, fundamental freedoms
- Constitutionpreamble, articles, U.S. Constitution, Article I, First Amendment
- English Bill of Rightsfreedom of speech, free elections, jury trial, William III, Glorious Revolution
- heraldrycrest, crests, shield, shields, escutcheon
- Founding FathersGeorge Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Alexander Hamilton
- civil rightsequal protection, civil liberties, desegregation, freedom of religion, Montgomery bus boycott
right to bear armsgun ban
Law forbidding firearm ownership
weapons ban · disarmament · gun control · assault weapons ban · illegal possession
right to bear armspacifism
Antiwar moral stance
right, rights, rightly, rightful, rightfully, righteous, righteousness, bear, bears