The verb “bear” means you have to be able to carry it.
Joe can take your tank and howitzer away if Congress allows him to do so.
keep, and bear
in Webster 1880 dictionary, to “bear” also means to “bear a gun at [upon] a target’ i.e. ‘to aim’ [bearing = direction, aim] you have to go back to the original dictionaries coz modern ones censor everything they dont like