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Many of the Bill of Rights are there to make what the British forces were doing illegal. They were, in part, a politcal maneuvre to held justify the war of independence. As such, not all of them are about individual rights, and all are about what the government can and cannot do.
The 2nd Amendment's purpose, in context, should be clear. It made it legal for the states to organize militias, so any tyrannical power, be it the British Empire or the Federal Government, could be challenged. Weapons as a political tool against political powers. What the hell does it have to do with carring a handgun to protect yourself from fellow citizens? Or, say, to carry an assault rifle to murder fellow citizens...
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