Ahhhh my dear professor.
I think that going Jeffersonian would be accurate as well with the tree of liberty needing to be refreshed from time to time.....
But if one needs to actually ever rise up to defend one's self and nation from tyrannical powers, then they would be better prepared to do so, in the small arms segment, with at least close to equal weaponry, which in my view is what the 2nd amendment is about.
Thank God that our men under Washington had muskets for rifles just as the Brits did.
May God have mercy on us that these things need not be necessary....
the best,
micro.....