re aclu was re waco shootout paul hager hagerp cs indiana edu writes the nd amendment does say keep and bear if bear is defined to mean carry then most people are physically unable to carry a several hundred pound nuclear device as i understand it sub kiloton nuclear demolitions are man portable and carried in a backpack as i recall in the s the kennedy administration had sub kiloton nuclear weapons withdrawn from europe and destroyed they were man portable and made for use in shoulder mount rocket launchers the smallest nuclear test i ve seen data for was a yes one tenth kiloton weapon tested either in the late s or early s aaron arc cco caltech edu
