The bill of rights is a popular document that was not originally in the US constitution, but anti federalists wanted a bill of rights really bad because supposedly they were afraid of a strong central government. They did not want another king so some states refused the constitution until there was a bill of rights. Along with being afraid of a central government they wanted a limited government so that government could not control them. The anti federalists also thought the government would not protect their individual rights enough so they wanted a bill of rights. The fact that the anti federalists were afraid of a central government was not very surprising as they had come from a king that ruled over them and used them, but to have a bill of rights making sure they were safe from the government. One of the amendments in the bill of rights was the right to bear arms, which means that the towns had the right to a local militia that had weapons. This proves they're scared because the reason they had the right added was so that the local militia could protect their town if the government goes rogue, or so they could protect themselves from other countries and the indians if the government wouldn't help.
