Point of note: The Founders did their thing without a Second Amendment. As it turns out, A Government without the consent of the Governed is not as powerful a

Point of note: The Founders did their thing without a Second Amendment. As it turns out, A Government without the consent of the Governed is not as powerful as it likes to project when it thinks it solidly has said consent. Their intent was to ensure that if needs be it would be even more likely that any subsequent overthrows have a reasonable chance of succeeding.