To the extent that the Second Amendment is intact is not due to its enumeration in the Bill of Rights. The 2A remains in force due to attentive citizen groups who stand ready to render electoral hell on politicians who waver on this fundamental right.
It is only by making power a check on power that liberty may be protected from the ravages of time.
Agree with your thoughtful well reasoned post. In my humble opinion, Trump, if successful, will at best claw back and maintain individual liberties at a level seen prior to the 8 year Obama regime.
Hopefully, the torch will be passed to another capable Patriot that can carry on the fight to drain the swamp further and limit government.
Regardless elected officials and bureaucracy, it is my hope the judges Trump appoints will work to reverse the Leftist agenda that has subordinated self-evident truths and right reason necessarily sacrificing individual liberties at the moral relative altar of collectivism, equivocation and diversity...
I agree thoroughly and hope your hopes (which I share) come true. They will delay the arrival of hard tyranny.
Yet, for his reforms to have a chance to last beyond him requires institutional reforms beginning with repeal of the 17A.