... I have defended the notion that there is a hierarchy in the Bill of Rights.
Hierarchy of the breadth of scope, maybe. Hierarchy of importance? No.
Gun-grabbers have worked long and hard to bogeymanize the
Gunshow Loophole. Gun-grabbers' goals have zero to do with safety, and everything to do with making gun acquisition, ownership, and use
by law-abiding citizens difficult and expensive. So bogeymanizing the
Gunshow Loophole is just the camel's nose under the tent in a larger backdoor attack on private sales, trades, and gifting.