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handtightenonly-
Actually provides a really interesting situation. At this point you could repeal the 2nd Amendment and it wouldn't affect an individual's rights to carry a gun because these are now covered by legislation. However, it may then make it illegal to carry something like a crossbow or a machete across the whole country.
Oddly, there are already some states where carrying a knife is more heavily regulated than carrying a gun.
The_Seldom_Killer
Going to be picky here but actually, guns aren't part of the American constitution, arms are. Similar to the English Bill of Rights from which it was drawn, it considers that any person may be called on to fulfil militia responsibilities and ensures that they can own any form of weapon that may be appropriate to that.
Or course subsequent debate, interpretation and Supreme Court rulings have informed Federal, State and Local legislation in respect to guns but the Constitution isn't included other than a standpoint from which to make that legislation.