Today, in history, Apr 19th, [View all]

the British marched to Lexington and Concord, MA, to confiscate arms and munitions of it's own citizens. The "local, regulated militia" if you will. Thus, beginning the revolution by "the shot heard 'round the world". The base reason the founding fathers included the 2nd Amendment in the Bill of Rights.

BTW, the "ragtag rebels" drove the British regulars back to Boston, inflicting more casualties on them than they received themselves.