You disagree yourself. You don't believe in the absolute right to bear arms. If even 50% of people would exercise their rights as the Constitution demands we have the right to, what you see in Commie-fornia, Illinois-ing and most of New England wouldn't even exist. It is our duty to exercise and defend against tyranny from within and without and even the 2A itself recognises that the people are the Militia and this is back up by multiple statements from the Founding Fathers. The solution is to exercise our rights en masse. BLM Nevada and Oregon were clearly not big enough to have the needed impact and the same principle can and should be used every single time an attempt is made against our freedom and the very foundation of our nation. The Constitution.
The solution lies in education and activism. Activists bring the issue to light, but the people who are activists MUST be versed in the facts, and have a clear goal and the understanding to reach that goal and explain WHY they are trying to reach it, if others will join them.
My goal is open carry. It reduces crime, but even more than that, it's a 1st amendment issue that cannot be ignored any longer.
When I carry a weapon openly, I'm making a statement. I'm saying, "I am not a victim, if you seek someone to rob, hurt, or kill, then I am not the target you seek."
In Texas vs, Johnson, Gregory Lee Johnson burned a flag outside a campaign rally for Ronald Regan, violating Texas law. "The majority of the Court, according to Justice William Brennan, agreed with Johnson and held that flag burning constitutes a form of "symbolic speech" that is protected by the First Amendment. The majority noted that freedom of speech protects actions that society may find very offensive, but society's outrage alone is not justification for suppressing free speech. In particular, the majority noted that the Texas law discriminated upon viewpoint, i.e., although the law punished actions, such as flag burning, that might arouse anger in others, it specifically exempted from prosecution actions that were respectful of venerated objects, e.g., burning and burying a worn-out flag. The majority said that the government could not discriminate in this manner based solely upon viewpoint."
Open carry is an expression of free speech in my opinion. When you carry openly, an action that police and security guards, hunters and fishermen to every day, ONLY because you dislike the idea of open carry, then you suppress free speech and chill the rights protected by the 1st amendment.