Quote Originally Posted by Gelatinous Cube View Post
^this^

At the time the Amendment was created, we had just fought for our freedom with a largely militia-ish Army. So maintaining the ability to keep that freedom in the face of whatever was second only to the 1st Amendment, which garunteed that the law maintains that spirit of Freedom we fought for in the first place.

That said, the entire damn Bill of Rights is important stuff.
Fought for your freedom? No.... You fought for your money, or in other words, against taxation.... It's not like the Brits were naziterroristcommies....