As John Locke wrote, the purpose of government is: “to secure and protect the God-given inalienable natural rights of the people.“

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However it is that people choose to legally exercise their constitutionally protected natural rights, which is the right to self defense, is up to them in the privacy of their home.

Source: https://dailycaller.com/2023/02/08/rhode-island-community-advocates-school-proposals-gun-storage/

Look closely and you will find in the Jewish history of other countries words like inherent natural rights.

Source: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/11/thanksgiving-george-washington-anti-semitism/676074/?utm_source=feed

The idea of originalism is rooted in John Locke’s theory of natural rights.

Source: https://dissidentvoice.org/2023/05/forward-to-the-past/