Farkel: "you will understand why it is critical that they concluded that all citizens should have the right be keep and bear arms.'
Farkel, if you go back and read the Constitution, you will find that it actually says NOT ONE WORD about FIREarms.
The Law of Arms and the "Right to Bear Arms" has to do with heraldry, not guns.
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Law of Arms
The Law of Arms (or laws of heraldry) governs the "bearing of arms", that is, the possession, use or display of arms, also called coats of arms, coat armour or armorial bearings. Although it is believed that the original function of coats of arms was to enable knights to identify each other on the battlefield, they soon acquired wider, more decorative uses. They are still widely used today by countries, public and private institutions and by individuals. The earliest writer on the law of arms was Bartolus de Saxoferrato. The officials who administer these matters are called pursuivants, heralds, or kings of arms (in increasing order of seniority). The Law of Arms is part of the law in countries which regulate heraldry, although not part of common law in England and in countries whose laws derive from English law.
The Right to Bear Arms
According to the usual description of the Law of Arms, coats of arms, armorial badges, flags and standards and other similar emblems of honour may only be borne by virtue of ancestral right, or of a grant made to the user under due authority. Ancestral right means descent in the male line from an ancestor who lawfully bore arms. Due authority has, since late medieval times, been the Crown or the State.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_Arms#The_right_to_bear_arms
