right to keep and bear arms

President Bush had vetoed an earlier version of the Brady bill because of the intense opposition of the NRA, which said it infringed on the constitutional right to keep and bear arms.

2005, Bill Clinton, My Life, volume II, New York: Vintage Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 120

Two California counties violated the Constitution’s right to keep and bear arms when they shut down gun and ammunition stores in 2020 as nonessential businesses during the coronavirus pandemic, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday.[…] Because buyers can obtain guns only by personally going to gun stores in California, Ventura County’s 48-day closure of gun shops, ammunition shops and firing ranges “wholly prevented law-abiding citizens in the County from realizing their right to keep and bear arms,” he wrote.

2022 January 20, Don Thompson, “California’s COVID gun store shutdowns ruled illegal”, in AP News, archived from the original on 20 Jan 2022

Backers of the New York law say it ultimately prevents people from carrying guns on the streets, leading to less violent crime. However, justices said the requirement violates the Second Amendment right to "keep and bear arms." Justice Clarence Thomas wrote for the majority that the Constitution protects "an individual's right to carry a handgun for self-defense outside the home."

2022 June 24, “US rules Americans have right to guns in public”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 25 Jun 2022, Law and Justice