Editing Right to keep and bear arms (section)

{{Short description|Right of citizens to possess weapons}}
{{redirect2|Bear arms|Right to bear arms|other uses|Bear arms (disambiguation)}}
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[[File:Defensive gun use training - Prague Cech Republic.jpg|thumb|A woman trains real-life [[defensive gun use]] scenarios with live ammunition at a video shooting range in Prague, Czech Republic in 2018]]

The '''right to keep and bear arms''' (often referred to as the '''right to bear arms''') is a legal right for people to possess [[weapon]]s (arms) for the preservation of life, liberty, and property.<ref name=Halbrook1994p8>{{cite book |last=Halbrook |first=Stephen P. |year=1994 |title=That Every Man Be Armed: The Evolution of a Constitutional Right (Independent Studies in Political Economy) |url=https://archive.org/details/thateverymanbear0000halb/page/8 |page=[https://archive.org/details/thateverymanbear0000halb/page/8 8] |publisher=[[The Independent Institute]] |location=Oakland, CA |isbn=0945999380 |oclc=30659789 }}</ref> The purpose of gun rights is for [[Self-defense#Armed|self-defense]], as well as [[Hunting#Shooting|hunting]] and [[Shooting sport|sporting activities]].<ref name="Levan">{{cite book |last=Levan |first=Kristine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h4aWFrgW74YC |title=Crime Prevention |publisher=Jones & Bartlett |year=2013 |isbn=978-1449615932 |editor1-last=Mackey |editor1-first=David A. |page=438 |chapter=4 Guns and Crime: Crime Facilitation Versus Crime Prevention |quote=They [the NRA] promote the use of firearms for self-defense, hunting, and sporting activities, and also promote firearm safety. |editor2-last=Levan |editor2-first=Kristine |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h4aWFrgW74YC&pg=PA93}}</ref>{{rp|96}}<ref name="Larry Pratt">{{cite web |author=Larry Pratt |title=Firearms: the People's Liberty Teeth |url=http://gunowners.org/fs9402.htm |access-date=December 30, 2008}}</ref> Countries that guarantee a right to keep and bear arms include [[Albania]], [[Czech Republic]], [[Guatemala]], [[Mexico]], the [[Philippines]], [[Switzerland]], [[Ukraine]], the [[United States]] and [[Yemen]].