"The purpose of the right to bear arms is twofold; to allow individuals to protect themselves and their families, and to ensure a body of armed citizenry from which a militia could be drawn, whether that militia’s role was to protect the nation, or to protect the people from a tyrannical government." | by: | |
Source: | A Critical Guide to the Second Amendment, 62 TENN. L. R. 461, 475 (1995). |
| |
