It requires that you accept the fact that political dialogue is structured to meet an end and is used to mislead the public for its own benefit. Either you understand how the game is played or you don't. "... That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed ..."
The Constitution doesn't mention one word about politics.
That's the game that's being played here, and everybody gets to buy some shiny new guns after September of next year!