[ratmice]

Your comparison to the second amendment is not just "on the same level", but entirely accurate.

To this day the United States Munitions List, classifies cryptographic devices under Category XIII Materials and Miscellaneous Articles.

All the way back to the pre-constitution 1784 Virgina General Assembly, to some extent recognizes the need for secure communications channels in a militia. "There shall be a private muster of every company once in every three months", and setting forth those in charge of initiating and communicating the time and place of the muster.

People often focus on the first amendment right to encryption. But I at least feel that the second amendment right is equally strong, with the governments own position on arms control behind it, legal interpretation should if anything not tolerate it's own inconsistency.