<P> The Second Amendment was based partially on the right to keep and bear arms in English common law and was influenced by the English Bill of Rights of 1689 . Sir William Blackstone described this right as an auxiliary right , supporting the natural rights of self - defense and resistance to oppression , and the civic duty to act in concert in defense of the state . </P>
what was the point of the second amendment
the natural rights of self - defense and resistance to oppression , and the civic duty to act in concert in defense of the state