Well, Thinkgra, if we all uses your powers of reason, we'd be limited to quill pens and printing presses for our "freedom of the press" and oral utterances for our "freedom of speech" as the Founders couldn't have envisioned the internet, radio, television and so on.
The fact is, it is the CONCEPT of "THE PEOPLE" being armed with whatever weapon is current ("ARMS") to secure their liberty from overzealous government and defend themselves against enemies that the Founders hoped to secure. An inalienable right, as it wer.
By the way, Thinkgra, if you load a muzzleloader your way, it will never work. Powder goed in before wadding. :)
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