I mean this just doesn't add up. There's some reason you have police, military, para-military and federal agencies so that citizens don't have to handle this as

I mean this just doesn't add up. There's some reason you have police, military, para-military and federal agencies so that citizens don't have to handle this aspect of security. The original purpose of the right to bear arms in america was to give ordinary citizens the ability to stand up to police, military, para-military, and federal agencies should the government go off the deep end. It can be debated whether that is still a necessity today. However if that is the purpose of the right to bear arms then it hardly serves that purpose if you aren't allowed to bear weaponry that is sufficient to actually stand up to those groups. The authors of the amendment meant it as just another part of the balance of power.