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Originally Posted by MarcS
how can you nullify a right that predates the government? The 18th amendment was not a declaration of any rights. While they are both amendments to the constitution, they are very different. The second amendment didn't grant us any rights we didn't already have, it simply declared that the right exists and is not to be tampered with.
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You can nullify the recognition of that right as incapable of being infringed by the government.
Government by its very nature is a willful sacrifice of freedom for the betterment of society as a whole. The bill of rights simply outlines things that we have refused to give up in the process.