Gun Control & RKBA

The reason that early Americans needed guns was not just for hunting.

It was not primarily for protection.

It was so Americans would have the means to put down a slave rebellion.

Especially in the slave states, where often slaves outnumbered free persons.

I believe that S. Carolina instituted the first police force, and its primary responsibility was controlling slaves.

All of this talk about an individual right is refuted by the actual fact that the Founders made no provision for any standing or permanent army. Thus the wording of a well regulated militia.

So my contention is that all of this individual right argument has its foundation in fear of a slave revolt.