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Back to the topic; The second amendment does not provide a right to keep and bear arms. That right existed before the declaration of independence, constitution and before the documents of confederation. The second amendment is a reminder to the government that it is on of our inherent rights that they are supposed to protect. It is just one of our enumerated rights of the constitution.
The constitution exists to limit the federal government from exceeding the power granted to it by the people. It doesn't grant us any rights, it only recognizes that we do in fact have rights as people.
Having said that, even without the bill of rights we would retain those rights. If the second amendment was repealed it would not diminish our rights unless we were not ready to defend them. Like muscles, if you don't exercise your rights they atrophy and are lost.
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