The correct answer is B) the Second Amendment protects the individual from having to participate in state militias.
The statement that best describes the militia theory is "the Second Amendment protects the individual from having to participate in state militias.
On December 15, 1791, the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution was added to protect the right of the American citizens to bear weapons for their protection and their families. Originally, the Amendment was created so people could have some kind of protection or had a gun in case it was necessary to defend themselves, the members of their family or their property.
The other options of the question were A) the founding fathers intended the Second Amendment to protect the collective right of Americans to keep and bear arms and the state's rights to maintain a militia. C) The First and Second Amendment both use the term "people" to mean individual Americans. D) the founding fathers wrote the Second Amendment so that the federal government would never be able to ban any type of weapon.