carry arms

Example Sentences

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"We were doing duty at checkpoints, checking documents and making sure people didn't carry arms," says Ivan.

From BBC • Jul. 5, 2022

Justice Neil M. Gorsuch, who was ill and participated from his home by phone, argued for a straightforward statement from the court about the right to carry arms.

From Washington Post • Nov. 3, 2021

The tensions, along with unsubstantiated allegations circulating on social media that humanitarian flights could carry arms to the Tigray forces, have increased the risks for aid workers in the region.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 9, 2021

How, only ten years after the Emancipation Proclamation, had African American men won the power to carry arms and cast ballots?

From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018

I allowed I did not carry arms among the rebels, but dug among the artificers.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson