Both are important. Britain didn't know to be on the extreme lookout for any signs of armed rebellion in the 13 Colonies; by the time they positively knew what

Both are important. Britain didn't know to be on the extreme lookout for any signs of armed rebellion in the 13 Colonies; by the time they positively knew what was going on, their best hope was to try to take the militia's arms. As such, the Founding Fathers didn't learn first-hand the value of privacy in quite the same way as they learned the value of arms-bearing.