Correctly stated the 2nd Amendment was written during musket times. It was written for the citizens to protect themselves against a federal government that used muskets with their muskets. The federal government would love for us to believe that the purpose was only for muskets but the fact is it is so that the American public is able to be equally armed against a tyrannical government. So with that being said if the federal government only had muskets I could see them saying this but seeing as how that is not the fact it is definitely not true. Throughout history only a tyrannical government would ever try to disarm its citizens. One of the reasons that the United States has survived as long as it has is because of its citizenry being armed.