The right to bear arms was for regulated militia to assist the government in putting down rebellions, not to rebel against the government.
Wrong .....
State provisions in force at the time the Constitution was written:
1776 North Carolina: That the people have a right to bear arms,
for the defence of the State; and as standing armies, in time of peace, are dangerous to liberty, they ought not to be kept up; and that the military should be kept under strict subordination to, and governed by the civil power. . . .
1777 Vermont: That the people have a right to bear arms for the
defence of themselves and the State—and as standing armies in time of peace are dangerous to liberty, they ought not to be kept up; and that the military should be kept under strict subordination to and governed by the civil power.
1780 Massachusetts: The people have a right to keep and to bear arms
for the common defence. And as, in time of peace, armies are dangerous to liberty, they ought not to be maintained without the consent of the legislature; and the military power shall always be held in an exact subordination to the civil authority, and be governed by it.
1790 Pennsylvania: That the people have a right to bear arms
for the defence of themselves and the state; and as standing armies in the time of peace are dangerous to liberty, they ought not to be kept up; And that the military should be kept under strict subordination, to, and governed by, the civil power.
Now show me any examples of state provisions which talk of defense
from the state.
