Bear arms
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
To carry arms as weapons and with reference to their military use, not to wear them about the person as part of the dress.
Aymette v. State, 2 Humph. (Tenn.) 158.
As applied to firearms, includes the right to load and shoot them, and to use them as such things are generally used.
Hill v. State, 53 Ga. 480.