The other side of that argument offers a dark and very concerning scenario; one that may be a cold reality.
There are anti-gun, anti-Americans hard at work at political and legal levels to effectively eliminate private gun ownership.
The express statement in the Constitution that the pre-existing right to bear arms is not to be infringed, inclusion of which provision was thought to be absolutely essential to the passage of that compact, presently appears to turn on one USSC vote.
At the same time, we have a liberal education system that suspends school children from talking about or even scribbling pictures of "icky" handguns and rifles. A large number of college students believe socialist and presidential candidate Sanders offers a sensible message, while many of the rest believe candidate Clinton is the answer.
When it is deemed time to confiscate firearms, the government first will simply check its data base and freeze the assets of those who do not deliver their weapons to the designated locations. The USSC will find the enabling statute(s) provide suitable "due process" for such measures. If further action is deemed necessary, rather than the U.S. Military, a very well-armed and brown-shirted agency of the Executive Branch will be employed.
Will that leave an armed community sufficient to restore the right within the lifetime of your family?
will there still be an ‘armed community sufficient to’ restore COnstitutional governance?
I don’t know. maybe not.
But there will certainly still be millions of American citizens capable, ready, willing, and able to “take out” any agents or goons of the dictatorship seeking to further deprive them of their constitutional rights, that’s for sure
(assets or no assets... regulations and bureaucrats do not stand up very well to American citizens’ fire power....)
ps: I won’t be around to see it happen, anyway, so this only reflects the views of younger, healthier folks of my acquaintence who will be here to deal with the problem....)