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I'm not skipping over anything, I'm looking for what applies.
Obviously the first two words do not apply (unless you're exaggerating things for political reasons) to gun restrictions such as requiring licenses, mag size limits, etc..
And why is that?
None of that actually means the right to keep and bear is broken or violated (although perhaps the last MIGHT apply if you stretched things a bit).
The first two are the most common usage. They apply perfectly and you have given us no reason not connected to political ideology or belief or simply outright denial why they do not apply.
However, we then reach the 3rd meaning listed, "transgressed", and that word quite definitely applies to the situation.
Only if one insists on removing the first two first more common usage definitions, ignoring them for political reasons and focusing only on the third to produce a result that runs contrary to the common usage of the day.
Depending on how you view things, of course, you might say that anything less than absolutely unfettered access to any and all "arms" counts as "infringed".
That is an ideological and political position not based on the definition provided giving the most common usage of the day.