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Yes, the whole 'well regulated militia' part is key, and is pushed aside.
In fact, if Minnesota had their state guard still, could be awfully handy right about now... Though it looks like the federal military frowvs upon states making significant investments along those lines...
But in general, that was written at a time when they didn't imagine maintaining a sufficient federal military and when, like you say, the best firearm a civilian could have rivaled the firearms the military could have and, in an individual context, were generally less useful than blades, since reload time made them impractical for a one to many engagement.
Yeah, obviously the federal government and its organs would prefer to centralise power. That's not a (good) reason to give up state power, particularly given the historical context, as is now becoming painfully obvious.
In a way, it's a far more macabre version of the motivation behind the Fediverse: Central power is much easier to abuse.
Yeah, just saying how things pivoted from the 'founding fathers'. Back then regional militias seemed a grand idea to not have to deal with national defense and individuals specifically weren't really an explicit thought because no one had reason to be worried about a man with a muzzle loaded musket. Now they pretend it was exclusively about individual rights to personal scale firearms, but shy away from any organized military that could pose a plausible threat.