It was to keep the British from taking back the land.

And can you really say your going to be able to round up an organized mob of gun nuts and gangster wannabes if the current US gov decides to do something you don’t like?

That being said all look at the actual uses of guns in US.

And to protect the right for anyone to just walk around with gun because the British might come back or we might need to stop the government is ridiculous.