Let's go back to the thought experiment. If you remove the 2nd amendment, would it still be a right?
Obviously not.
Incorrect, unless you think a piece of paper has the power to grant rights.
The Constitution doesn't give you rights (it explicitly states that 'our Creator' gave them to us by virtue of being born). It establishes a framework for a limited government, who's sole job is to protect our ability to freely exercise those rights.
Why don't felons have those rights? If there exists a framework to remove them then how are they rights? Sounds like privileges my goob.
You can have your rights stripped away when you abuse them ---