"No as far as I am aware, guns are properly used in US as a means to resist a tyrannical government, hunting and self defence."
Which is why the amendment is
"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."
One site I looked at said that the amendment was used to keep the Southern states in the union. Their militias were slave owners and hunters who needed guns to keep the slaves in line. Not sure how accurate this is, but it sounds possible.