The Bill of Rights restricts the government. It does not restrict the people. The people have the right to self-defense. That’s inalienable and can’t be restricted in any way. The Second Amendment is a statement that the government cannot try to restrict it.
All gun control laws have this whole thing backwards.
Bingo. And people don’t understand that a militia is by definition and armed force created out of the citizenry. Disarming citizens prevents the formation of the militia our founding fathers correctly deemed essential to preservation of a free state.