Point to where it excludes
firearms. If you don't even know what "arms" means why are you bothering to post? Oh, liberal, of course. When the constitution was written "arms" clearly included
firearms.
merriam-webster.com
Definition of arm
1 a :a means (such as a weapon) of offense or defense; especially :firearm
What is ARMS? definition of ARMS (Black's Law Dictionary)
What is ARMS?
Anything that a man wears for his defense, or takes in his hands, or uses in his anger, to cast at or strike at another. Co. Litt. 1616, 162a; State v. Buzzard, 4 Ark. 18. This term, as it Is used in the constitution, relative to the right of citizens to bear arms, refers to the arms of a militiaman or soldier, and the word is used in its military sense. The arms of the infantry soldier are the
musket and bayonet; of cavalry and dragoons, the sabre, holster
pistols, and
carbine; of the artillery, the field-piece, siegegun, and mortar, with side arms. The term, in this connection, cannot be made to cover such weapons as dirks, daggers, slung-shots, sword- canes, brass knuckles, and bowieknives. These are not military arms.
Clearly firearms are considered 'arms'.
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