Ok if it was not in the Constitution then any law passed to deny you the ability to purchase and keep and bear arms would be legal and as such you and I would have NO RIGHT period. I really like it when the people say the Constitution does not give rights. It is the Supreme Law and if it were not for the RIGHTS that it states belong to the people, and says the government may not trample on them, we the people would have NO RIGHTS. So if it does not give me jack then there is no reason to have judges that support and defend the Constitution we could be like other countries and have NO freedoms except those the ruling class gives out and then takes away the next day. I take you never read the preamble?
I'm not tyring to get into an argument with you, but you are wrong. Everyone on the face of this planet is born with the same rights as given to us by Yahuweh our elohim. In this Country our forfathers fought over those rights and established the Constution for the United States to limit governmental powers.
I believe it was Jame Madison although I'm not sure (I have it somewhere in my files) that said there was no need for a bill of rights because 1). The people know what their rights are, and 2). Once those rights are put to paper the government will attempt to regulate those rights. That is exactly what is happening today.