Off Duty Officer shot in the Line of Duty

[Xiahou]

Well doesn't the bill of rights state that they have to be members of a well regulated militia that is for the security of the state... its modern equivalent being police and/or national guard.

BTW not all the worlds police are armed... the job police do is what the military/militia used to do.

The US had police before the Bill of Rights was passed.

The 2nd Amendment does say that a well-regulated militia is necessary for a free state and it also says the right of the people(not the government) to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. Again, it doesnt pass the smell test to argue that there intention was to protect the rights of the government. The whole point of the Bill of Rights was to limit government power.

Call me a pedant, but can an amendment be part of the founding of the country?

The ratification of the Constitution was dependant on the addition of a Bill of Rights.