The ‘need’ argument is false and the product of narrow minds. The FF identified natural rights in the BOR. They are not subject to need or government whim (in theory, anyway ). Whether or not you think I ‘need’ freedom of speech or ‘need’ an evil black semi-auto, I still possess the right to exercise those rights. If you follow the ‘need’ argument to its logical conclusion, we could be easily stripped of most of our rights, depending upon the whims of the current government hacks in power. That’s the whole reason we have a BOR in the first place.