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The right to keep and bear arms (often referred to as the right to bear arms or to have arms) is the people's right to have their own arms for their defense as described in the philosophical and political writings of Aristotle, Cicero, John Locke, Machiavelli, the English Whigs and others. ==Background== (詳細はEnglish Crown to have a standing army or to interfere with Protestants' right to bear arms "when Papists were both Armed and Imployed contrary to Law." It also established that regulating the right to bear arms was one of the powers of Parliament and not of the monarch.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=1688 c.2 1 Will. and Mar. Sess. 2 )〕 Sir William Blackstone wrote in the eighteenth century about the right to have arms being auxiliary to the "natural right of resistance and self-preservation," but subject to suitability and allowance by law.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England )〕 The term, "arms" is derived from the Latin term ''arma'' (neuter pl.), meaning weapons and/or armour and ''armare'', which means to equip. Originally used in the 1600s, the term refers to the process of equipping for war. The term "arms" is commonly used as a synonym for weapon.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.thefreedictionary.com/armament )〕 Use of these arms with regard to the right to keep and bear arms is predicated on the concepts of the right of self-defense, defence of property, and defense of state. In Old English,"beran" (past tense bær) means to bear, bring; bring forth, produce; to endure, sustain; to wear. Since the initial use of this term in the 1600s, armament technology has evolved and advanced. By the 17th century, firearm technology was a relatively new device for warfare or practical use such as hunting. Swords, spears, and other manual devices were more prevalent until the 18th century.〔 Since the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries firearms have come to the forefront of this concept. The carrying of arms in public can be categorized as open carry and concealed carry, and it is a separate topic of laws and regulations beyond ownership alone. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Right to keep and bear arms」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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