Hint: This country is governed by the consent of the people. That consent may be withdrawn at any time esp when the govt itself violates the contract between it and the people. Our politicians could be right on the cusp of getting an object lesson on what the 2nd Amendment is really about.
But a significant fraction of the morons in this country approve of the Democrat's anti-gun, anti-freedom, plunder and squander policies.
Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed ...Governments exist, period. The truism in the Declaration of Independence, relating to consent of the governed, pertains to "just" powers, not all powers.
I submit that the notions of "just powers" and "consent of the governed" have become bastardized , like much of the constitution. The government and courts (but I repeat myself) point to the vote, and equate it to consent. The logic goes something like this -- If everybody has the right to vote, then the government is one operated by consent of the governed. By implication, as long as consent is there, the people find the government action to be legitimate, or just.
The people aren't quite as dense as their government pretends: 19% Think Federal Government Has Consent of the Governed - April 2014.
I personally think the federal government operates so far outside of its constitutional boundaries, that it is reasonable to view it as mostly illegitimate.