In the SF bay area, I can "keep" but not "bear," and in many other locations in the U.S. it is illegal to possess the means of self-defense at all. The ability

In the SF bay area, I can "keep" but not "bear," and in many other locations in the U.S. it is illegal to possess the means of self-defense at all. The ability of policymakers to completely disregard the Constitution lets us enact policies preventing the ownership of cruise missiles, but it also lets them disarm citizens entirely, require people to verbally invoke the right to remain silent, and so on. We could do these things without disregarding the constitution. For instance, we could hold a constitutional convention and ban private ownership of cruise missiles, grenades, rocket launchers, SAMs, nuclear weapons, most 9mm handgun magazines used by police ("High capacity magazines"), and rifles that look scary but kill almost nobody. We could also repeal the 5th amendment. Instead of doing these things, we make them policy in contradiction of the law.