A piece of paper does not give you rights. If it did, then those rights would not have to be defended.
I just found it fitting to your initial meme. Yes, the constitution gives rights but those rights need to be defended and are not granted by a government. Normally disputes over the rules of the land are what resulted in civil wars.
I see you think even less of the constitution than I had thought, telling by this: nostr:nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzq303jh8lewxfwf80cfy0q5r697m9k4ual2l8e56nnpvczc72ka38qqst29ek8lw3xws9hrfwcj2jyyp72zs62ltft79vczychn47uydpxssvpy2qm
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I think a constitution can be a compass. If the government decides that yeah, citizens may carry arms but only if the blade is no longer than an inch ... and dull or something like that, a constitution can give people a better feel for when a line was crossed.
So when a revolution is required, millions will think twice if they have to obey their superior officer or that dead paper they once swore an oath to.