There is no damn reason for a free people to tolerate the political demands of hostile and tyrannical political groups

You've touched on a serious problem of political philosophy. Namely: no set of rules, however wise, are perfect - and even if some were perfect at the time of promulgating, changing times will make them less so.

Imagine an alternate universe where the Second Amendment reads: "A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. Since the people constitute the militia, Congress shall not raise a standing army."

Early on in U.S. history, that alt-universe addition would have been pleasing because it says "no Regulars." Because the early U.S. was something of a backwater, a continent away from Europe and largely a frontier society, it would have caused many problems. But in the world of today....

To get back to my point, a set of necessarily imperfect rules bring up the question of what to do when the rules are stifling - or if they amount to "a suicide pact." What do?

P.S.: Thanks for the shout-out!