in the first place, the 4th does not say "unless you get a gun permit, in which case none of the above applies."
Nothing you can legally do will lose you your constitutional rights.
Second, you are making a HUGE assumption about the 2nd, and one that about half the population does not agree with - namely, that the 2nd gives you the right to own any guns whatsoever. It does have the little militia clause in there, and many argue that that indicates the intent of the framers is that you be allowed to have a gun while in a well-organized militia.
However, let's assume for this argument that the 2nd's first clause (the militia part) does not apply and that it guarantees you the right to own guns. Note that it only says "the right to bear arms shall not be infringed." It does not say "the right to bear 3 arms shall not be infringed." In other words, no limit is put on the number of arms you may own, and in fact (again assuming that the 2nd gives you any right to own guns at all) it specifically forbids government from preventing you from owning as many as you want.
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