So the liberal answer to all those quotes is that ONE of them was slightly mistranslated.
How about all the others?
You know, guys (liberals), the problem is that even when confronted with plain evidence that the 2nd Amendment was intended as a check against egregious usurpation/tyranny, you just can't bring yourselves to admit your error, probably because you simply don't believe in America as it was founded and intended to be.
I'm a progressive, and I have no problem with the fact that the 2nd Amendment can be interpreted to mean what you, the other right wingers here, and Ted Cruz says it means. It makes total sense, considering at the time the founders wrote this, they themselves had JUST been in a situation where they had to take up arms against an oppressive government. It makes sense. I also have absolutely
nothing against the right to own guns, and own a few guns myself. My leftist dad, my rightwing uncle, and I went shooting last weekend. Had a blast.
(However, I do think all this rage filled "yeah! Let's take on the gub'mint! yeeeehaw" nonsense I've been reading is a little much and makes me wonder if the founders could see it now,
would they have written the 2nd amendment with that specific language

)
Point is, there's no need to paint with a broad brush. Liberals aren't all here to 'take yer guns' and such.