[epow]

Another boo-boo in # 890, there must be gremlins in my new Dell.

The Coxe quote should have read;

"As civil rulers, not having their duty to the people duly before them, may attempt to tyrannize, the people are confirmed by the amendment in their right to keep and bear their private arms."

I didn't find the exact Coxe quotation , but I think my recollection of it conveys the gist of it.

[robertpaulsen]

"As civil rulers, not having their duty to the people duly before them, may attempt to tyrannize, and as the military forces which must be occasionally raised to defend our country, might pervert their power to the injury of their fellow-citizens, the people are confirmed by the next article in their right to keep and bear their private arms."
-- Tench Coxe

To keep and bear their private arms as part of a Militia. One way to read it.