It’s not that we had a right to arms (that is, we needed the Constitution to allow us to have them). It’s that the government never had the right to take them from us!
“”””It’s not that we had a right to arms (that is, we needed the Constitution to allow us to have them). It’s that the government never had the right to take them from us”””””
‘Well regulated militia’... by making sure that our right was not infringed, the founding fathers ensured that the gubmit was not capable of taking them from us. They gave us the right and it is that right that ensures we keep that right.