The Constitution was written so those peaceful remedies would exist: speech, press, assembly, petition, juries, elections, and divided powers. If those still work, using arms against the government is not “the militia.” It is a riot or a rebellion, and the law treats it that way.
What the Second Amendment does assume is this: a free people are not supposed to be helpless if a government ever tries to become their master. The right to keep and bear arms is mainly a standing warning to the government, and a means of common defense. It is not a permission slip to start a private war.
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