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Interpretation and bench legislation.
The entire Constitution could be completely disregarded and unless there was a forceful movement against such an action, it could stand.
The Constitution is simply a document. It has ALWAYS depended on it's enforcement by those following it or willing to sacrifice to defend it.
We seem to have an astonishing lack of resolve to defend it, thus making it easy to trample.
A person that thinks is hard to find these days. Quite correct the rights owners have every right to intercede in governments business and demand correct functioning of any arm. Unfortunately this situation develops where many things happen each day and it is not possible for citizens to divide their time between all these functions. In particular monitoring government in all aspects.
We set up watch dog organisations for that. Thus far firearm owners have not seen the need for a watchdog organisation and/or an organisation to offer advice, help, training, leadership and support in opposing such government shenanigans. If they had done this gun control would be some other countries problem.
Consider firearm owners are only bothered by keeping the firearms they have and any defence may or may not take place depending on how much value is attached to their firearms. The right is not even thought of and is a meaningless term.
Here is an example of the value of those rights.
A firearm owner watches a miscreant bend down and start unscrewing his tyre value caps.
! They spring into action to prevent that theft.
2 They watch with interested to see what happens.
3 They have better things to do and get on with it.
Government announces that it intends to increase firearm restrictions, mainly "closing loopholes" with increased and broadened background checks. As such this is qualification of who may enjoy the right to firearm ownership. Which firearm owner at any time during the process of that bill and law springs into action? Yet clearly his rights are being tampered with and reduced. Value, less than a tyre valve cap. Option 3.
Who is to blame for this low value of our rights? Firearm owners or the organisations that promise to protect these rights but do not in any way?
Nothing is going to happen until firearm owners kick organisation butt and demand they preform the required functions so individuals who have the power to change governments mind, are advised, taught and lead into opposition government cannot ignore. That is how one protects rights when the need arises. Government will recognise nothing other than power, the power to make it look bad in public (loss of popularity), the power to remove significant votes and the will to do that if need be.
It's really is not rocket science.