Magna Carta had something to say about rights of kings and the rest of us, Argo. I like to think sovereignty rests with the people. Americans and Canadians differ widely on this from the way our colonies decided to govern themselves. Generally, Canadian public opinion has rested comfortably with registered handguns and unregistered long guns, and handguns in public spaces only by special warrant.
Within the last 20 years, you and I witnessed how emotions of sovereign people expressed through the will of our legislatures (the apparatchiks, you mention) has changed "the most fundamental of rights for a free people." 9/11, the Montreal massacre and the worst mass killing in Canadian history just down the road from me two weeks ago gave the US the Patriot Act and Canada another gun ban.
Turning things around is my day job. I've expressed my opinion about ARs here. I can't find a pulse of the commitment shown by Canadian gun owners from coast to coast to coast that scuttled the long-gun registry. It may be a good thing. We must pick our battles. With sincere respect for your opinion, strategies to protect what gun rights we have won't include old words engraved in gold That day is gone forever, like covid is doing to us now..
