For the sake of argument, let's suppose the federal government did become tyrannical. Then by definition it would not be respecting the constitution, including the second amendment. So whatever rights you had would be moot in just the case where you would need them!
The founders did not give us the right to keep and bear arms; they recognized that we have a natural, intrinsic right to self defense and put the amendment in place to limit the power of government to infringe on that right.
If we were to get a tyrannical government, it would be our duty to defend our natural rights, constitution or no constitution. For that, we will need guns.
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Perhaps we should give the scientists a cooling off period before we start messing with climate control?
The founders did not give us the right to keep and bear arms; they recognized that we have a natural, intrinsic right to self defense and put the amendment in place to limit the power of government to infringe on that right.
If we were to get a tyrannical government, it would be our duty to defend our natural rights, constitution or no constitution. For that, we will need guns.
Now that mankind can understand what specific genes do, they can use this basic experiment to guide the evolution of life in the right direction.
This, of course, is exactly the problem. There is no "right" direction. There is no "fairness". The truth is that it is unknowable.
Laissez faire remains our best hope for long term survival. "Leave those genes alone".
The "right direction" only exists in the minds of the anointed ones, generally found in the ivory towers of science and on the Left.
F. A. Hayek's book "The Road to Serfdom", though in the political domain, provides great insight into this kind of thinking.