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FREEDOM TO BEAR ARMS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does freedom to bear arms mean?
• FREEDOM TO BEAR ARMS (noun)
The noun FREEDOM TO BEAR ARMS has 1 sense:
1. a right guaranteed by the 2nd amendment to the US Constitution
Familiarity information: FREEDOM TO BEAR ARMS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A right guaranteed by the 2nd amendment to the US Constitution
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("freedom to bear arms" is a kind of...):
civil right (right or rights belonging to a person by reason of citizenship including especially the fundamental freedoms and privileges guaranteed by the 13th and 14th amendments and subsequent acts of Congress including the right to legal and social and economic equality)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
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