Recent SCOTUS rulings have affirmed US citizens right' to bear arms, basically the NRA's second amendment position.
If the signers of the Constitution didn't believe in a standing military, they wouldn't have penned the amendment prohibiting the housing of troops in private property without the owner's permission during peace time.
By the way the most dangerous cities in America are the ones with the strictest gun control laws or on the southern border. Chicago is the most dangerous city in the world for gun violence, but not to worry, the Chik Fla threat is being dealt with.
Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.
H. L. Mencken