As for the Second Amendment allowing people to “keep and bear arms,” the situation today is entirely different from when the first 10 amendments were adopted in 1796. The militia being necessary for the “security of a free state” must have meant to include every able-bodied man owning firearms, which in those days were necessary for providing game for food and protection from wild animals and Indians. The militia was the forerunner of the National Guard, which along with the standing army provides the “security of a free state” now.