Couchpotato
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Like all constitutional rights, the right to own weapons is not absolute.
That said, dems spend to much time trying to cultivate narratives to justify weapon control for their voters.
Both sides need to end this constant back and forth, come up with a compromise, and move on. This won't happen though because wedge issues are to politically important to be squandered on reasonable legislation.
You're reading the Constitution from the wrong perspective.
The Constitution nor the Government grants anyone any rights. If there were no Government or authority I'd have the right to own a gun, free speech, free press, freedom of religion and all the rest. Governments are only have the ability to secure rights not grant them. Not sure why you would want them doing such a thing.
The Constitution is not a list of things the Government isnt allowed to do. It's a list of things it IS allowed to do. In other words if it doesnt say the Federal Government can do X it's likely unconstitutional for it to do so. It's a white list vs a black one.