<P> A well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, being the best security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed, but no one religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service in person . </P> <P> By this time, the proposed right to keep and bear arms was in a separate amendment, instead of being in a single amendment together with other proposed rights such as the due process right . As a Representative explained, this change allowed each amendment to "be passed upon distinctly by the States ." On September 4, the Senate voted to change the language of the Second Amendment by removing the definition of militia, and striking the conscientious objector clause: </P> <P> A well regulated militia, being the best security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed . </P> <P> The Senate returned to this amendment for a final time on September 9 . A proposal to insert the words "for the common defence" next to the words "bear arms" was defeated . A motion passed to replace the words "the best," and insert in lieu there of "necessary to the". The Senate then slightly modified the language to read as the fourth article and voted to return the Bill of Rights to the House . The final version by the Senate was amended to read as: </P>

What was the reasoning for the creation of the bill of rights