[R Flair]

I didn't say it was stated IN the second amendment, but it is stated in many corroborating documents.

"If the representatives of the people betray their constituents, there is then no recourse left but in the exertion of that original right of self-defense" - Alexander Hamilton

"I ask, Sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people. To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them." - George Mason

"The Constitution shall never be construed to prevent the people of the United States who are peacable citizens from keeping their own arms." - Samuel Adams