Actually, lets let James Madison (who wrote the amendment) explain what a militia is: Madison said "the advantage of being armed," together with "the existence

Actually, lets let James Madison (who wrote the amendment) explain what a militia is: Madison said "the advantage of being armed," together with "the existence of subordinate governments, to which the people are attached, and by which the militia officers are appointed, forms a barrier against the enterprises of ambition, more insurmountable than any which a simple government of any form can admit of." Source: https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/amdt2-2/ALDE_00013262/ https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/amdt2-2/ALDE_...