- Right to bear arms
Right to bear arms may refer to:
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Right to keep and bear arms (firearms)
*Heraldry (coat of arms)
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Right to bear arms
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right to bear arms — A right under the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution; the right to bear arms as they are borne by a well regulated militia in battle. Strickland v State, 137 Ga 1, 72 SE 260. Not a constitutional right to carry weapons on one s… … Ballentine's law dictionary
Right to bear arms — Die Artikel Waffenrecht (Vereinigte Staaten) und 2. Zusatzartikel zur Verfassung der Vereinigten Staaten überschneiden sich thematisch. Hilf mit, die Artikel besser voneinander abzugrenzen oder zu vereinigen. Beteilige dich dazu an der Diskussion … Deutsch Wikipedia
Right to keep and bear arms — The right to keep and bear arms, RKBA, [ [http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/rkba What does RKBA stand for? Acronyms and abbreviations by the Free Online Dictionary.] ] or right to bear arms is the concept that people, individually or… … Wikipedia
bear arms — to carry weapons. The court stated that the right of an individual to keep and bear arms is not guaranteed by the Second Amendment. Usage notes: usually used in the phrases right to bear arms and keep and bear arms which, of course, has nothing… … New idioms dictionary
bear arms — See right to bear arms … Ballentine's law dictionary
bear arms — phrasal 1. : to carry or possess arms the right of the people to keep and bear arms U.S. Constitution 2. : to serve as a soldier * * * bear arms 1. To serve as a soldier 2. (also (obsolete) give arms) to show or have armorial bearings (heraldry) … Useful english dictionary
the right to bear arms — ➡ Second Amendment * * * … Universalium
right to keep and bear arms — noun The right to hold weaponry or armor for personal use, or to declare war if necessary, especially in the United States … Wiktionary
Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms — Formation 1971 Headquarters Bellevue, Washington Membership 615,000 Chairman Alan Gottlieb Website … Wikipedia
right — / rīt/ n [Old English riht, from riht righteous] 1 a: qualities (as adherence to duty or obedience to lawful authority) that together constitute the ideal of moral propriety or merit moral approval b: something that is morally just able to… … Law dictionary
