Actually,
I've been reading a great book by David McCollough (sp?) called John Adams.  It gives a little more rounded debate on this topic and puts it into historical context.  Being that Jefferson thought that every country should have a revolution every now and then to shake things up (this from a man who did not participate in any of the fighting).  Vs. Adams who was much more into developing a well ordered society that ensured from the beginning that those with the most whether money, ambition or talent would not be able to repress those that had less.
Basically, in the short version, there's more to that story.

Beth the OT

> Subject: Re: another shooting
>
> You know the founding fathers had a reason for the firearms clause in the
> 2nd amendment. It was not to protect the rights of people to have a gun to
> hunt, it was  not even to protect the right to have a gun to protect
> yourself from criminals (even though these are legitimate uses for guns) it
> was put that so that the populance would have guns  to protect themselves
> from,,,, GOVERNMENT.... OUR FOUNDING FATHERS assumed that a well armed
> populance would overthrow a government that got too oppressive.
>
> Amazing what you learen reading the writing of  the founders, is it any
> surprize that an opressive government either limits what you can read or in
> our case see to it that most people do not learn to read.