Well, there were cannons, I wonder if there was anything written that would have mentioned those as specific arms “of the people”. Although they may have been too expensive for typical private ownership. However, perhaps some of the private sailing ships had cannon? Where there cannon on our side of the fight at Lexington? If there were - then I would imagine cannon WERE included in our rights. And a cannon back then would be comparable to a 2000 lb bomb today.
I was talking to my kids about how the 2nd Amendment is to protect us from the government, but obviously we would have a difficult time fighting a revolution against it. But, if conditions got so bad - perhaps the State National Guard could be used against the govt? (I’m thinking of some evil dictator that somehow “took over” - I imagine if it got bad enough several governors could band their Guard units together to fight).
I can't speak to that specific detail. But there were certainly cannon used to eject the government's navy from Boston Harbor. These cannon were taken by force from Fort Ticonderoga, a government fort, and hauled overland to be placed on Dorchester Heights, where they had total command of Boston Harbor. The threat that the militia would destroy the warships in the harbor was used as a negotiating point to prevent the occupying government forces from setting fire to the city as they evacuated.
Certainly a militia force that found it necessary to take cannons by force would see that the militia must have access to cannon, regardless of the wishes of the central government.
To the extent that the government is permitted to disarm the people, the fighting of a revolution against it will be even more difficult.
But one must realize that the enemy will not be the loyal troops, but rather the civilian power that would misuse those troops to deny people's inalienable rights. Tyrannical judges, politicians, and bureaucrats would be the main targets.
This actually happened in 1861. The results were unfortunate.
“Although they may have been too expensive for typical private ownership.”
Most of the commerce-raiding warships in American service during the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 were privately owned.