We have the Second Amendment because the Governor of Massachusetts, Bowdoin, couldn't raise enough guns during Shay's Rebellion to safely take down the rebels.

We have the Second Amendment because the Governor of Massachusetts, Bowdoin, couldn't raise enough guns during Shay's Rebellion to safely take down the rebels. I don't think it had much to do with permitting citizens to enforce Federal policy that the government could be doing, but isn't.