yobarnacle
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Ok we agree there, we may disagree on who grants us rights, however when it comes to freedoms, those can be given and taken away by the powers that be. I may have worded it badly but what I'm trying to say is that being part of a society gives us some freedom, and also takes some freedoms away.
If you read the Bill of Rights, nowhere does it list your rights. in every instance of naming a right, it is restricting the government.
the two most important amendments are the 9th and 10th.
The 9th prohibits denying we have other rights not mentioned in the constitution. Doesn't specify how many they are. If the constitution granted rights, this amendment would grant any right you wanted. it doesn;t grant anything. it restricts denying rights.
All the rights mentioned in the constitution have THE in front of them. "The Right to Keep and Bear Arms" is a whole different thing than "A right to keep and bear arms."