Why was Brand arrested when he went into public?

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Bearing arms means you can own them, not carelessly walk in public with them.

if we're talking about the constitution of the united states then -

actually it means you can carry them on your person. the word bear means to carry. like ring bearers in weddings. they carry the ring flaunting it openly. concealed carry is actually more dangerous, but less likely to cause a commotion.

so in short - you're wrong.

here are several website definitions of the word bear.

http://www.dictionary.com/browse/bear

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bear

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/bear

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/bear

so basically any law that states that you cant bear (carry/transport/hold) your arms is fundamentally unconstitutional if you're going by the bill of rights. however, the bill of rights has been amended to be updated to modern times. the purpose of the 2nd amendment was to allow a state to defend itself from any foreign invader without the need of a standing military by making sure that everyone could use and owned their own weapon - weapons were hard to come by back during the time of muskets and each one had to have it's own special ball casting kit.

besides that it was a way for the governing body to provide reassurance to the people that if the government was to step out of line then the common people could "persuade" the government towards a better path. you wouldn't believe the amount of support you can get from telling people that they will be their own bosses.

• if you need proof for those two then look no further than the american revolution and the civil war.

skip forward 200 years and now we have modernized manufactured weaponry that can sweep an entire village in a blink of an eye. that's definitely not okay to be brandishing around. the amount of fear and power involved in those types of devices are too extreme to allow in public environments. so the bill of rights was amended to be modernized preventing a lot of military grade hardware and other forms of "firearms" from creating distress and upheaval in the nation.

• those types of amendments have been being added since the middle of the wild west era and possibly even before. cannons arent that bad because the ammunition and weapon are so large and expensive it was only possible for certain people to own and even less to use it to it's full destructive potential. once the gattling gun, automatic rifles, closed compacted cartridges for ammo, and the destructive force of nuclear warfare arrived from the second world war though publicly bearing weapons became somewhat of a taboo. understandable since the horrors of war are hardly ever forgotten.

what does that mean? that means that laws are being made to prevent the average joe from owning superior military grade firearms and combustibles and most future and recent weapons are not in circulation legally if at all. the fear of firearm abuse however is why there are currently laws the prevent open carry in a lot of states. there are also states that have adopted concealed carry to try to allow the continuation of the 2nd amendment without the irrational, yet understandable widespread fear that firearms can cause. if it wasnt for the fear and potential danger that a brandished (casually waved around) firearm can cause then it would be completely legal to own and bear firearms in public in every state without any opposition - just not the high grade military stuff.

and to be fair waving a gun in anyone's face have never been allowed. it's considered irresponsible and a form of threat. due to the prolonged painful deaths and instant deaths that a bullet can cause depending on the caliber and powder composition among other variables in certain places depending on the context it can be reacted to with quite a bit of force and aggression. they've made jokes and coined lines about it in movies even because it used to be somewhat of an easy way to promote a fight. that's not the same as bearing.

i hope you enjoyed reading.

here are some sites to the U.S. bill of rights and the current constitution.

https://www.constitutionfacts.com/content/constitution/files/Constitution_BillOfRights.pdf

http://www.history.com/topics/constitution

http://www.usconstitution.net/const.html