bear arms
Example Sentences
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In a 1991 interview, retired Chief Justice Warren Burger scorned the view that the Second Amendment’s right to keep and bear arms belongs to individuals rather than a collective militia.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
The Second Amendment to the US Constitution stipulates that "the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed."
From Barron's • Jan. 25, 2026
Like the 2nd Amendment, Mexico’s Constitution guarantees the right to bear arms.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2025
What people don't know and what they didn't extract from that in history was that they were using the right to bear arms as a way to protect the Black community.
From Salon • May 28, 2024
There the Lord of the Mark would hold an assembly of all that could bear arms, on the second day after the full moon.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
