The second amendment is the amendment that allows the people the right to own weaponry, it also is supposed to allow the people right to MILITARY GRADE weaponry.
This in turn allows the people in time of need, to rise up against a tyrannical government, or an invading enemy and fight back.
Compared to the President Lincoln's plan, the Congressional plan for Reconstruction placed greater emphasis on punishing the South for its role in the Civil War and protecting the rights extended to African Americans.
