re: Booker says he'd support jailing gun owners who don't participate in a buyback

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Strictly speaking the Constitution did not "give us" this right, it protects what the FF knew to be a pre-existing God given right.

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This is an extremely important philosophical difference that needs to be taught, understood and reinforced in grade school.

The government does not give rights. The government is granted certain powers with restriction. We give government power with the understanding that it will not use that power to violate our rights.