You are confusing rights with priviledges. There is no natural right to drink alcohol. There is no natural right of prostitution. There is no natural right to gambling. There IS a universal human right of self-defense, which is what the 2nd Amendment protects. It's not about democracy or majority rule. No governement has the power to take away the right of self-defense. The best defensive tool of our time is the handgun.
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