I have always wondered how the words "well regulated" seem to get ignored by the folks at NRA and gun nuts I know. Regulations have another name you know...
CONTROLS. The second amendment was to insure the existence of a WELL REGULATED MILITIA, not a collection of people with enough money to buy guns.
No. It was to form a militia of people already owning private arms. Who supplied the weapons with no standing army? The people.
So they said everyone gets arms so we can form a militia from that group of armed individuals.