Just goes to show that they weren't infallible.

I mean, the wording of 2A painfully proves that to be true. The entire preamble or whatever it's called - the "A well-regulated...security of a free state" - was wholly and totally unnecessary. No other of the first ten amendments includes an explanatory "why" clause, for good reason - the why is unnecessary when describing rights. They just ARE.

But 2A has that preamble, and it's caused nothing but trouble ever since.

"The right of The People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed" is ALL it needed to say, and if that is what it said, 2A would be in a much stronger position.