People have mistaken the symbol for the thing symbolized. The second amendment, in SPIRIT, is about protecting our ability to dissent and protest our government

People have mistaken the symbol for the thing symbolized. The second amendment, in SPIRIT, is about protecting our ability to dissent and protest our government if it becomes tyrannical. If the people who are loudest about upholding the LETTER of the second amendment were actually serious about it then they’d also be advocating for strong cryptography and due process, and opposed to mass surveillance.