Yes, very good advice from that lawyer and officer.
Saying congress, SCOTUS, the president, governor, state legislature, etc. can determine when and where the Constitution is applied is ridiculous.
That's basically saying the children get to make the rules of the house.
People need to remember the Constitution is rules for government, not rules for the people. The government doesn't get to decide the rules it follows, we the people decide those rules...and those rules are not to be altered or skirted by the elected. There's reason why amendments go to the people for a vote.
Also, the Constitution was written plain and clear for such things as we are facing today...so all would know the limits of the government so they may fight them back and assert their rights. Some rights were specifically picked for safe guarding in order to safe guard the ways to protect all other rights.
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
Well, that means all these attacks on protesters and the secret service given power to decide how people protest is a complete violation... all these laws passed infringing on free speech, etc. "NO LAW" is pretty damn clear.
"A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed."
(as was ratified by the states and documented/authenticated by Thomas Jefferson when he was secretary of state...it was congress that added the other 2 commas then placed in the national archives, thus illegally changing it as that is not what the states, nor the people approved)
Well, an infringement is anything that prohibits, limits, restricts, increases difficulty, etc. Well that is pretty cut and clear...that means all armament laws are a violation of our rights. There is absolutely no problem with people having objects. The problems of murder (infringement on someone else's right to life) and vandalism (infringement on someone else's right to property) is already addressed, punish it when it occurs (until after the crime is committed there is no crime)...then leave it to the people to take care of preventing such things on their own by such means as arming themselves by any means they deem fit.
Also, once someone has been convicted of a crime, they receive their sentence. Then once that person completes their sentence and released from incarceration, they are no longer criminals, they return to being completely innocent and ALL rights are returned to them as they have finished the allotted sentence/punishment society gave them for their crimes. This lifetime punishment crap needs to stop, there is no reason for it and it is wrong on so many levels.