'bear firearms' is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It can be used to mean to carry or possess firearms. For example, "As part of his mandatory military service, he was trained to bear firearms."
He claimed that being denied a concealed-weapons permit because he was not a Colorado resident violated his Second Amendment rights to bear firearms.
A22 Ashcroft Enters Gun Debate Attorney General John Ashcroft, writing to an N.R.A. lobbyist, said the Constitution protects the right of individuals to keep and bear firearms.
In supporting an individual's "right to liberty of speech and action," the Libertarian Party opposes all forms of censorship, insists on the right to keep and bear firearms, and defends the choice of abortion.
"Let me state unequivocally my view that the text and the original intent of the Second Amendment clearly protect the right of individuals to keep and bear firearms," Ashcroft wrote to James Jay Baker, the N.R.A.'s chief lobbyist.
Mr. Ashcroft wrote, "Let me state unequivocally my view that the text and the original intent of the Second Amendment clearly protect the right of individuals to keep and bear firearms.
Trump frequently declares that he is one of the nation's biggest supporters of the second amendment, which guarantees the right to bear firearms, and he often warns his supporters that Clinton aims to take away their guns.
Footnotes in the briefs say the Justice Department now thinks the constitution "broadly protects the rights of individuals...to possess and bear their own firearms".
In footnotes in two filings with the Supreme Court in May, the Justice Department reversed a view it had espoused for decades and said the Second Amendment protected the rights of individuals "to possess and bear their own firearms, subject to reasonable restrictions".
In footnotes in two filings with the Supreme Court in May, the government said the Second Amendment protected the rights of individuals "to possess and bear their own firearms, subject to reasonable restrictions designed to prevent possession by unfit persons or to restrict the possessions of types of firearms that are particularly suited to criminal misuse".
Last year, the Bush administration filed a brief with the Supreme Court saying it thought the constitution "broadly protects the rights of individuals...to possess and bear their own firearms".This month, the state of Wisconsin's highest court amended a local law on concealed weapons, dating back to the 1870s, to allow people to keep a gun in their home or business to protect themselves.
Mr. Lindh's lawyers quoted from the government's brief today, saying the Second Amendment "broadly protects the rights of individuals, including persons who are not members of any militia or engaged in active military service or training, to possess and bear their own firearms".
