“It was written to preserve our right to form a MILITIA to fight back against a tyrannical government.”
That’s enough, but it was actually created to do more than that.
1) The maintenance of standing armies to control civilian populations in peacetime was a cause of the Revolution. The 2nd A was designed to remove the excuse for US government to follow in Britain’s footsteps in maintaining standing armies. This cuts off the tyranny pipeline without fighting, and is consonant with the self-government the Revolution was fought for.
2) Armed individuals capable of defending themselves locally removes another reason for expanding government coercion — making conflict with government less likely.
3) Militias provide local self-defense when government cannot, due to inadequate resources or willful neglect. In 1800, the US had vast frontiers bounded by Native Americans who opposed being dispossessed, and foreign powers (France and GB) happy to leverage them. Meanwhile the US had a regular army of a few thousand spread across thousands of miles in an age of walking speed transport.
Currently a massive, widespread natural disaster or foreign invasion would completely overwhelm the resources of the few hundred thousand active duty troops stationed in the continental US.
4) Militias provide personnel with at least some training for times when the US needs to expand its regular forces quickly. This happened in almost all US conflicts, and via State National Guard units, still does.
My main point is that it’s not all about fighting AGAINST our government. Leftists like to think 2nd A defenders are just nuts who desire an insurrection.
Great post Chewbarkah! Did not know some of that!