[DuncanWaring]

Ever heard the phrase “...to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed...”?

If I do not have the right to own a nuclear weapon, I cannot delegate that right to the government, and the government then does not have that right.

[publius911]

To reiterate the obvious, ever wrapped your mind around the fact that the Bill of Rights applies to Citizens, and does not grant the government any powers not enumerated elsewhere in the Constitution?

Ever hard of the Ninth and Tenth Amendments?