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<blockquote data-quote="HiO" data-source="post: 3258730" data-attributes="member: 115563">Man arrested for 2x4 labeled &quot;High Powered Rifle&quot;I generally avoid Second Amendment arguments with non-Americans because they can&#039;t really relate to the Constitutional arguments and would rather debate policy.&nbsp; However, you&#039;re right.&nbsp; We don&#039;t talk about how much privacy we &quot;need&quot; from government intrusion or how much freedom of religion we &quot;need.&quot;&nbsp; They are Constitutional rights.But under the Constitution, the right to bear arms is actually broader than the right to privacy.&nbsp; Some constitutional rights are only freedom from &quot;unreasonable&quot; government action, like the fourth amendment protection against unreasonable searches and seizures.&nbsp; But other constitutional rights are free on their face from ANY government interference, such as the freedom of religion.&nbsp; While courts still recognize limits on this latter category of constitutional right, the limits on government action are much broader than in with the constitutional rights that protect against &quot;unreasonable&quot; government actions.&nbsp; The second amendment is phrased like the freedom of religion instead of like the freedom from unreasonable searches...the word &quot;unreasonable&quot; does not appear in the second amendment.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="HiO, post: 3258730, member: 115563"] [b]Man arrested for 2x4 labeled "High Powered Rifle"[/b] I generally avoid Second Amendment arguments with non-Americans because they can't really relate to the Constitutional arguments and would rather debate policy. However, you're right. We don't talk about how much privacy we "need" from government intrusion or how much freedom of religion we "need." They are Constitutional rights. But under the Constitution, the right to bear arms is actually broader than the right to privacy. Some constitutional rights are only freedom from "unreasonable" government action, like the fourth amendment protection against unreasonable searches and seizures. But other constitutional rights are free on their face from ANY government interference, such as the freedom of religion. While courts still recognize limits on this latter category of constitutional right, the limits on government action are much broader than in with the constitutional rights that protect against "unreasonable" government actions. The second amendment is phrased like the freedom of religion instead of like the freedom from unreasonable searches...the word "unreasonable" does not appear in the second amendment. [/QUOTE]

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