It all makes sense when you remember that the framers of the Constitution were thinking about Philly ... :p
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The necessity of self-defense against criminal attacks was also a reason for keeping and bearing arms. As early as 1697 there were complaints that Philadelphia was becoming invested with "pirates and rogues," and in that year, William Penn felt strongly enough to write that "there is no place more overrun with wickedness than Philadelphia."
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http://www.guncite.com/journals/dowjud.html