The Second Amendment protects "the right of the people to keep and bear arms." What does "bear arms" mean in this case?
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The Second Amendment says that the American people have the right to own weapons. The text uses the phrase, "bear arms." To bear something is to have or hold it. The authors of the amendment understood "arms" to include the type of weapons we now call guns. The complete text of the Second Amendment is below. According to the text, why is it important for Americans to have the right to own weapons? A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.