"The security of a free state" has multiple meanings.
Security from foreign invaders: "You cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind every blade of grass." Probably NOT said by Yamamoto, by the way, but still true.
Security from an oppressive government.
Security from evil people in our midst.
Yes, as you indicated. Imagine if the second amendment were in full effect today how little a police presence we'd have to experience day-to-day or how few tax dollars would be spent on prisons, the court system, etc.
The same is true with the ninth and tenth amendments and the resultant growth in excessive government that we now endure. Like the people, the states themselves have been dis-armed and no longer enjoy their rights.
It's time for the people to gun-up, as well as their respective states or we'll collapse as predictably as the Soviet Union.
Watch your local news and see how people are shot-up by gang bangers, how they take it in the torso or in the leg and realize that the government refuses to recognize their RIGHT to defend themselves while they do the same to your paychecks. "Bang, bang!, Your taxes just went up, b*tch!"
This is the "Can't Fight Back" syndrome. And, as long as they convince you that you can't, you won't. This has to end. The beginning to this end starts with the media. This lying pack of jackals have to go.
I don't know just how, but they must, as they fuel the lies perpetrated on The People who, in their absence, would be living the life the Framers charted for them.
America will not survive a media set against it. Not by a mile.