Also, you are confusing rights, freedom, and liberty.
Freedom is the ability to do something, liberty the ability to do that without consequence, and rights are exactly what the word says, you are in the right to do so.
I have the freedom to hit the man next to me. I do not have the liberty. The government, and probably the man, will impose consequences. I do not have the freedom to hit a man in the African jungle. He is too far away, and I cannot get there.
The government can take away my liberty by imposing consequences, and take away my freedom by locking me up in jail, or imposing other obstacles. They cannot take away my rights. Rights exist or they don't. That is what the saying means, "might does not make right". Might brings power over liberty and freedom, not rights.
I have the freedom to shoot the man attacking my wife. Red dot help give me that freedom by teaching me and selling me a gun. I have the liberty to do so if I comply with the laws regarding it. I have the right to do so no matter what the government ever says or does. They have no power over my right and rights. No man does.
So my and your rights, including the right to bear arms, was indeed NOT giving to us by man and cannot be taken away by such. They can only take away the liberty and freedom surrounding that right.
I choose to believe God is the source of right and wrong and thus my rights. Cicero and Aristotle tending toward a less defined "natural" description. Either way, government and other men as the source are not even in that discussion.
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Freedom is the ability to do something, liberty the ability to do that without consequence, and rights are exactly what the word says, you are in the right to do so.
I have the freedom to hit the man next to me. I do not have the liberty. The government, and probably the man, will impose consequences. I do not have the freedom to hit a man in the African jungle. He is too far away, and I cannot get there.
The government can take away my liberty by imposing consequences, and take away my freedom by locking me up in jail, or imposing other obstacles. They cannot take away my rights. Rights exist or they don't. That is what the saying means, "might does not make right". Might brings power over liberty and freedom, not rights.
I have the freedom to shoot the man attacking my wife. Red dot help give me that freedom by teaching me and selling me a gun. I have the liberty to do so if I comply with the laws regarding it. I have the right to do so no matter what the government ever says or does. They have no power over my right and rights. No man does.
So my and your rights, including the right to bear arms, was indeed NOT giving to us by man and cannot be taken away by such. They can only take away the liberty and freedom surrounding that right.
I choose to believe God is the source of right and wrong and thus my rights. Cicero and Aristotle tending toward a less defined "natural" description. Either way, government and other men as the source are not even in that discussion.
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