It says nothing whatever about what the people are allowed to do, but specifies clearly and unambiguously what the government is absolutely forbidden from doing, for any reason, under any pretext. Because the Founding Fathers were well aware that when a government is allowed to place any consideration above the personal freedom of its citizens, it becomes the worst possible threat to the security of the people and the survival of the society. Let's review the events at Waco. I know you don't want to. I don't want to.
Nobody wants to.
Just when you thought it was safely forgotten, somebody has to write a damn book about it. No pain, no gain. Then the FBI took over, and after many weeks of intense, fruitless negotiations attempted to use tear gas to end the standoff. But the Davidians, totally under the control of the charismatic Koresh, opted for mass suicide and set fire to their compound. Nearly all of them died in the fire on April 18.