Which statement best describes the militia theory?

A) The founding fathers intended the Second Amendment to protect the collective right of Americans to keep and bear arms and the states' right to maintain a militia.
B) The Second Amendment protects the individual from having to participate in state militias.
C) The First and Second Amendments both use the term "people" to mean individual Americans.
D) The founding fathers wrote the Second Amendment so that the Federal government would never be able to ban any type of weapon.