We never had your 2nd Amendment.
Inalienable rights aren't granted by the state. All the state can do is suppress them.
Close enough....
The National Agreement on Firearms all but prohibited automatic and semiautomatic assault rifles, stiffened licensing and ownership rules, and instituted a temporary gun buyback program that took some 650,000 assault weapons (about one-sixth of the national stock) out of public circulation. Among other things, the law also required licensees to demonstrate a “genuine need” for a particular type of gun and take a firearm safety course. https://www.nationalreview.com/2015/10/australia-gun-control-obama-america/
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