Amid today's heated debates about gun laws and the Second Amendment, what many people may not realize is that the phrase "the right to keep and to bear arms" is older than the Bill of Rights.

That is exactly why the NRA vows to protect and cultivate the Second Amendment guarantee of Americans to “keep and bear arms.” It is an enumerated right that presupposes a viable arms industry ...

In the founders’ era, to “keep” meant to own and possess something inside one’s home, while “bear arms” referred specifically to shouldering a musket or rifle in an army or militia.

Iowans voted "yes" for Amendment 1 to change the state's constitution to give citizens a right to keep and bear arms. Ballot measure details Amendment 1 added the following text to the state's ...

Six other countries used to have a constitutional right to bear arms, but they've since repealed those laws. The US is the only country with a right to keep and bear arms with no constitutional ...

Iowa voters have adopted an amendment to the Iowa Constitution to add the right “to keep and bear arms," adding language that goes beyond the protections contained in the U.S. Constitution's ...

The Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees the right to keep and bear arms. That right is not without limitations, however. Under federal law, fugitives, illicit drug users and some ...

Iowans are voting this election on whether to add the right "to keep and bear arms" to the state's constitution — adding language that would go beyond the protections contained in the U.S ...

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. Modern debates about the meaning of the Second ...