bear arms
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 554 U.S. 570 - District of Columbia v. Heller · 2008Most cited · 3,187 citing opinions
as we think, simply the carrying of arms, a modifier can limit the purpose of the carriage ("for the purpose of self-defense" or "to make war against the King").
How often courts cite the cases defining “bear arms”
Court decisions citing the 2 opinions that defined “bear arms” — 3,692 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining cases as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.
All 2 definitions, chronological · 2008–2022
the right to "wear, bear, or carry .