It does though. The only thing in this post you mentioned thats ACTUALLY in the Bill of Rights is "keep and bear arms". And the American People have swallowed and accepted unconstitutional laws restricting that right for many years. It should be extended to everyone within the border, same as...
I think the question is less about reliability and more about the legal ramifications after. Plenty of over-zealous DAs out there that would love to annihilate a gun owner over a successful self defense incident.
Being an employee is not paid salary, tips, or overtime... these cuts have no effect on me what-so-ever. However, I am happy to see fellow working class citizens get to keep more of their hard earned money. So that's my positive from this