The right to keep and bear arms (RKBA) or right to bear arms is the concept that people have a personal right to weapons for individual use, or a collective right to bear arms in a militia, or both.
The people's right to have their own arms for their defense is described in the philosophical and political writings of Aristotle, Cicero, John Locke, Machiavelli and Jefferson. Though possessing arms appears to be distinct from "bearing" them, the possession of arms is recognized as necessary for and a logical precursor to the bearing of arms.
Don Kates, a civil liberties lawyer, cites historic English usage describing the "right to keep and bear their private arms." The phrase in the Pennsylvania ratifying convention states:
"The people have a right to bear arms for the defense of themselves and their own state, or the United States, or the purpose of killing game; and no law shall be passed for disarming the people or any of them, unless for crimes committed..."
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News Guns and Self-Defense
02-06-2012
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The Agitator
A new Cato study finds 5,000 incidents from 2003-2008 in which a gun was used in self defense. But the authors point out that even that figure likely low-balls the real number.
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News Bloomberg reloads in push for gun control
02-05-2012
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www.reuters.com
Super Bowl this Sunday, viewers in Washington will see a far more modest spot. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino will be sitting on a couch touting an issue most politicians avoid like the plague: gun control.
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News Virginia expected to lift one-per-month limit on handgun purchases
02-03-2012
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Washington Post
Virginia is poised to lift a 19-year-old limit on handgun purchases, with the Republican-controlled state Senate expected to do away with the one-gun-per-month cap in a final vote Friday.
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News Sandia Labs' bullet doesn't miss (VIDEO)
02-01-2012
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www.krqe.com
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - Engineers at Sandia National Laboratories have invented a bullet that guides itself to the target.
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News New Jersey Assembly aims to ban all handgun, some rifle ammo
01-29-2012
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www.prisonplanet.com
In an end-run around an all out gun ban, the New Jersey Assembly Law & Public Safety Committee is set to consider legislation that would ban ammunition under the auspices of protecting police.
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News With Gov't Protection a Failure, Regular Mexicans Taking Up Illegal Guns
01-28-2012
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NPR
Law-abiding Mexicans who want a gun to defend themselves have no good options. Either they fight government red tape to get a legal permit, or they buy one on the black market.
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News NJ Assembly Committee To Consider Ammo Ban In The Name Of Police Safety
01-27-12
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AmmoLand Shooting Sports News
Common hunting, target, and self-defense ammunition would be subject to ban under A588, along with BB’s, airgun pellets, and plastic airsoft pellets...
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Fredy Riehl
News Why Switzerland Has The Lowest Crime Rate In The World
01-26-2012
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www.youtube.com
The key to freedom is to be able to have the ability to defend yourself &, if you dont have the tools to do that, then youre going to be at the mercy of whomever wants to put you away.
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News Daytona woman, 64, holds suspect in yard at gunpoint
01-26-2012
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www.news-journalonline.com
- A 22-year-old car theft suspect tried to elude police Tuesday morning, but was stopped in his tracks when he was confronted by a gun-toting 64-year-old woman.
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News Not guilty plea for alleged White House shooter Ortega-Hernandez
01-24-2012
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Washington Post
Alleged White House shooter Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez pleaded not guilty to a charge of attempting to assassinate the president and 16 related crimes.
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News Pistol-Packing By the Millions
01-23-2012
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online.wsj.com
A Viennese garage-tinkerer heard that the Austrian army wanted a new sidearm. He got down to work—with industrial plastic.
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News New York Moves to Deploy Body Scanners on Street in Search for Guns
01-19-2012
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www.infowars.com
NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly told CBS in New York his department is looking to deploy Terahertz Imaging Detection scanners on the street in the war on “illegal guns.”
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News MILLER: Emily gets her gun, Part 2 (Washington Times Senior Editor goes through process)
01-18-2012
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www.washingtontimes.com
Over the past couple months, I’ve been trying to get a legal gun in the District. I always knew this would be a challenge, but I had no idea how time-consuming it would be to complete all 17 steps the city requires. I’m not even halfway done.
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News NYPD, Feds Testing Gun-Scanning Technology, But Civil Liberties Groups Up In Arms
01-18-2012
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www.newyork.cbslocal.com
Terahertz Imaging Detection Out To Detect Illegal Concealed Weapons
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News New gun scanner that scans you as you walk down street
01-17-2012
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CBS NYC
The NYPD is stepping up their war against illegal guns, with a new tool that could detect weapons on someone as they walk down the street. But is it violating your right to privacy?
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News Does Newt still support gun control?
01-17-2012
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paramountcommunication.com
The fact is, Newt Gingrich has had a long love affair with the anti-gun crowd.
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News States still ‘gun’ for unsuspecting firearm owners
01-16-2012
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www.wnd.com
The closing days of 2011 brought a rash of collisions between otherwise upstanding citizens and New York’s infamous gun laws.
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News U.S. judge backs ATF multiple rifle sales reporting
01-13-2012
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Reuters
A U.S. judge in a victory for the Obama administration, upheld new federal rules requiring gun dealers in four states bordering Mexico to report the sales of multiple semi-automatic rifles, despite a challenge by the gun industry. The administration
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News Another ATF weapons operation comes under scrutiny
01-13-2012
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L.A. Times
Members of Congress want to see whether White Gun, like Fast and Furious, lost track of firearms that ended up with Mexican criminals.
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News Student disciplined after reporting knife at school
01-09-2012
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NBC News
A family is baffled that their teenager was disciplined after he reported to his teacher that he accidentally brought a small pocket knife to school. "I hate that Jack felt like he did was he was supposed to do, and for him these are dire consequence
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News Rolling Back Civilian Disarmament Laws in America
01-06-2012
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survivalistblog.com
Firearms freedom is on the march across America. In recent years, there have been many legislative successes for American gun owners, and I'm pleased to report that some of the best have been in the American Redoubt states.
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News Sarah Got Her Gun
01-05-2012
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lrcblog
18-year old Sarah McKinley fortunately doesn't pay attention to the pseudo-feminists at NOW. The recently-widowed mother killed an armed intruder in her home with a 12-gauge shotgun—primarily to protect her baby.
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News Oklahoma Mother, 18, Kills Intruder Breaking Into Her Home While on Phone With 911
01-04-2012
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gma.yahoo.com - ABCnews
911 operator told young mother she could not shoot until man entered her home.
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News Record Gun Sales in 2011
01-04-2012
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Silver Underground
We now live in a country where the government can use Predator drones to track us without warrants, indefinitely detain us without trial, and assassinate us without charges. They do this in the name of security, yet somehow it just doesn’t make me fe
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Headlines: Record Gun Sales in 2011 -- Oklahoma Mother, 18, Kills Intruder Breaking Into Her Home While on Phone With 911 -- Sarah Got Her Gun -- Rolling Back Civilian Disarmament Laws in America -- Student disciplined after reporting knife at school -- Another ATF weapons operation comes under scrutiny -- U.S. judge backs ATF multiple rifle sales reporting -- States still ‘gun’ for unsuspecting firearm owners -- Does Newt still support gun control? -- New gun scanner that scans you as you walk down street -- NYPD, Feds Testing Gun-Scanning Technology, But Civil Liberties Groups Up In Arms -- MILLER: Emily gets her gun, Part 2 (Washington Times Senior Editor goes through process) -- New York Moves to Deploy Body Scanners on Street in Search for Guns -- Pistol-Packing By the Millions -- Not guilty plea for alleged White House shooter Ortega-Hernandez -- Daytona woman, 64, holds suspect in yard at gunpoint -- Gun Owner ID Cards Soar In Chicago -- Why Switzerland Has The Lowest Crime Rate In The World -- NJ Assembly Committee To Consider Ammo Ban In The Name Of Police Safety -- With Gov't Protection a Failure, Regular Mexicans Taking Up Illegal Guns -- New Jersey Assembly aims to ban all handgun, some rifle ammo -- Sandia Labs' bullet doesn't miss (VIDEO) -- Virginia expected to lift one-per-month limit on handgun purchases -- Bloomberg reloads in push for gun control -- Guns and Self-Defense --
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