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1790 definition of “ARMS”
Why don`t SCOTUS even read a 1790 dictionary?.. Holy Cow..!!!
Us`n USA ctiizens not only have God-given right to self-defense... We done have the God given right to OFFENSIVE WEAPONS!!! According to the dictionary definition meaning of ARMS in 1790 as it was understood... WOWOW!

Appears to this ignorant farmer, me, that the Second Amendment “self defense” has nuttin to do with 1790 understanding of “ARMS”.
The 1790 dictionary defines “ARMS” as meaning “Weapons of offense”

there you go

“A Complete Dictionary of the English Language,
Both with Regard to Sound and Meaning”
Volume 1
By Thomas Sheridan · 1790

“BEAR, to carry as burden;
to convey or carry”
“CARRY, to bear”

“ARMS, Weapons of offense or armour of defense”

Webster`s Dictionary 1841 pp.76-77
“bear v.t. pret. bore: pp. bore, borne
Sax. beoran,...,
1. to support; to sustain
2. to carry; to convey; to support and move from place to place
3. to wear; to bear as a mark of authority or distinction; as to bear a sword
....
12. to possess and use as power; to exercise
14. to carry on or maintain
15. to show or exhibit
p. 125 “Carry v.t... to bear

p.107 BRING v.t. to bear, convey or lead from a distant to a nearer place or person

p.52 ARMS n.pl. 1. Weapons of offense or armor, for defense and protection of the body
3. Fire arms as may be charged with powder, as cannon, muskets, mortars

Webster`s Dictionary 1887: “to bear, bear v.t.,
1. to support, and move; or carry
2. To be equipped, furnished, or marked with;
[3] ...as to bear a sword
This ‘to carry” eqivalent of “to bear “ has been there for hundreds of years in the DICTIONARIES!...even a 3rd grader can figure this one out. Why are the SCOTUS judges splitting hairs of what “to bear arms” means if it was already in the 1790 and 1840s dictionary which gives MEANINGS OF WORDS!! Duuh.... To “bear arms” means to carry offensive weapons.. even a third grader can read english. gimme a break already— Now the left is gonna tell us we have to interperet 2 different dictionaries??
Since when have dictionaries` definitions of words ever been ‘interpreted”?
reductio ad absurdam.
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