An armed man is a citizen. An unarmed man is a subject.
The Constitution shall never be construed to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms.
One loves to possess arms, though they hope never to have occasion for them.
The beauty of the Second Amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it.
Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed, as they are in almost every country in Europe.