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In reply to the discussion: The right of the People [View all]NutmegYankee
(16,225 posts)17. Why is the same phrase used in the 1st and 4th amendments considered an individual right?
Or the 9th and 10th which reserve rights to the people or protect those not specifically enumerated, like the right to travel and privacy?
The Federalists added the Bill of Rights to protect individual liberties.
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I can only infer you're saying no one on DU has ever posted "ban all private ownership of guns".
cherokeeprogressive
Jul 2016
#9
If, as your torturing the language assumes, the founders intended a "collective" right..
X_Digger
Jul 2016
#3
For 200+ years the Second Amendment has protected an individual right to keep and bear arms
TeddyR
Jul 2016
#40
Why is the same phrase used in the 1st and 4th amendments considered an individual right?
NutmegYankee
Jul 2016
#17