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why did the writers of the bill of rights feel it was important to include the right to keep and bear arms?

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The right to “keep and bear Arms” was thus included as a means to accomplish the objective of a “well regulated Militia”—to provide for the defense of the nation, to provide a well-trained and disciplined force to check federal tyranny, and to bring constitutional balance by distributing the power of the sword equally
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So they could set a standard rule on it so then in the future we had a rule set
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