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I would counter that the constitution is a "living" document and the 2nd Amendment's meaning has changed over the years and will continue to do so.
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And that is a slippery slope. The meaning has NEVER changed! The verbiage has been ignored and supplanted, but the meaning has never changed! The purpose behind writing it in common language was so that you did not need an interpreter to understand it.
The same could be said of the "separation of church and state". We've seen how perverted that has become.
If we use your perspective, then all of them are open to changing by interpretation, and that includes the first ammendment! Whose then to say what should or should not be changed?