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The US Constitution says otherwise.  But it should.

No, the Constitution protects the right of militias to bear arms. There was no need to interpret that as guaranteeing the right of an individual to buy a gun. Earlier rulings that interpreted the right more narrowly were overturned by conservative justices on the Supreme Court. SCOTUS is and will always be a political animal. Unfortunately, Democrats have been asleep at the wheel when it comes to ensuring the court isn't packed with right-wing hacks. Hillary warned Democrats to turn out to vote to protect constitutional rights. That should have been obvious to anyone with a brain cell given that McConnell had blocked Merrick Garland's nomination for a vacant seat on SCOTUS. The election was going to decide whether the balance between left and right wing justices would continue or Trump would get a chance to tilt the Court in favour of right-wing causes. But even though she won the popular vote, she bled votes from short-sighted Bernie Bros and other progressives who thought it was more important to manoevre for control of the Democratic Party.