"...we can’t expect to win when we shy away from the full purpose of the Second Amendment. If we say it’s mostly just about self-defense, then it’s quite easy for a district judge who is already hostile to us to say, “Well, you can defend yourself pretty adequately with a handgun with ten rounds, what’s the problem?”

Yes, personal self-defense is important, perhaps even "central". But the amendment was added primarily because revolutionaries were worried about the new government they were forming becoming tyrannical."

Kostas Moros, the lawyer who’s currently running the lawsuit against California’s imposition of background checks on ammo purchases.