The only way around the Second Amendment is to repeal it. Any legislation LESS than a ratified Amendment cannot over-rule it.
Not Federal, not State, not County, or local ordnance.
If you commit some other crime, and as punishment from a trial... You can have your Rights restricted. That is the limit there.
Ex post facto and a priori restraint laws like these are anathema to a Free People and our Republic. They directly violate both the letter and the intent of the Founders and the logic they used to draw up our system of governance.
If Congress passes a ban/confiscation, it is up to your Sheriff to stand up and say "NO". After all, it'll be his neck on the line when him and his troops come 'round to try and carry out their illegal orders.
Proud to be among those patriots that were there. We were discussing the Anti-Federalist Papers during some of the waiting times! That tells you our people are informed.
I tried to get some 2nd Amendment types that I work with to go to the meeting. No, they were too busy with their lives. Sorry, but when will we get involved, if not now?
> The only way around the Second Amendment is to repeal it.
I submit that the first 10 amendments cannot be repealed by the simple amendment process. They were passed as the result of the first Continental Congress, and were a condition for most of the colonies to enter the new Union as States.
A new Continental Congress would effectively dissolve the United States, and there are more than a few states that would not re-enter the new Union without the first ten amendments completely intact.