>>726406The proliferation of guns is because of capitalism. Gun manufacturers + military industrial complex. The majority of guns in the US are owned by a small minority of the population, who are primarily petty bourg. Gun ownership as it exists in the US quite clearly does not benefit the proletariat.
As far as the second amendment goes, the founders focused exclusively on the value of militias acting as protection for each state. It was a reaction to Shays's Rebellion - the view was that the Articles of Confederacy hobbled the government's ability to put down rebellions, thus the Constitution needed to guarantee the power of states to form well-trained militas to protect themselves. The idea that the second amendment is focused on the individual right to own any and all forms of firearms is from the late 20th century.
https://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/fed29.aspRecent events have also conclusively proven that American gun owners have no interest in resisting government tyranny. Quite the opposite, they want to supplement it.