Let's try this again, maybe this time someone can answer the question.

[Francis Marion]

114. Not a far fetched comparison...

Let's look at Amendment II. Says that your right to keep and bear shall not be infringed. That leads you to believe that government must maintain a hands-off approach. And why not- that is the plain meaning of the language.

Now let's look at Amendment IV:
"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."

It's very inconvenient for the police to have to get warrants to search homes, to have to articulate probable cause for a vehicle stop, to Mirandize persons under arrest; all these things take time away from police work. So, to help out, the state legislature passes a law banning your right to be secure in your person, house, papers, effects, as outlined above in Amendment IV. They 'ban' your fourth amendment rights in the name of public safety.

They shred Amendment IV, despite the plain protection spelled out for you in that text.

Next, the prevailing party in the state legislature decides that it is inconvenient to have to appeal to all of the electorate; so instead, they ban voting in neighborhoods populated by their political opposition. Wait a minute- my family has been able to vote since Amendment 15...

Nah, not any more. Because Amendment II said "x", and the legislature successfully legislated "-x", we learned that we don't have to respect the rights of the people. We can do whatever we want. Henceforth, because you tolerated disrespect for 'gun rights' in the name of safety, we see no reason to treat you as free people any longer. The title of 'Legislator is obsolete- we will now be called Master.

Why not? That was the situation for Black Americans after the Civil War, when the law spelled out rights and protections which state legislatures banned, negated, disrespected at will for four generations.

It's better not to let freedom get away from you to begin with; you might not see it come back in your lifetime. Authoritarian structures don't arise dramatically overnight. But they do arise, policy after policy, and as fast as the people allow them. And yes, they will eventually take the people to a place where Government decides what books line the shelves, who can read them, and where. Just think of the worst people among us handed vast, unaccountable power, and the ensuing hell they'd create. That has been the human experience for large masses of Europe and Asia for most of the last century.