A person has the inherent right to live because the person is alive. If a person has a right to live then they must have the right to protect their life, otherwise the person does not in fact have a right to live. If a person has a right to protect their life then they must have the right to a means of defending their life. Finally if a person has a right to live and subsequently has a right to a means of defending their life, then they have a right to the best means or to be more specific arms. If arms are restricted then a person's right to procure the most effective means of self defense has been infringed. However, society can choose to infringe upon rights all it wants, it just has to make sure that basically everyone is ok with it and put the power to do so in the constitution.
Well said, I can understand that explaination and agree with most of it.
My issue is the statement "right to live because we are alive". I guess. It's a concept developed by society and man. I bet even just 1000 years ago that concept wasn't around. As societies became more evolved someone came up with that idea. They can then assign it to whoever want. My point was we weren't born with that on day 1 of existence.
Also, another curve ball. To do with the "rights" and concepts given to us. So we have (and AGREE) on the concept of the right to live. If you went right now to mountains of China and found some nomadic herder and asked him about that. What do you think he would say? Or, if you went to the .gov controlled portions of China, would the laborers who make 10 cents a day agree? My point isn't to knock anything or any idea. My point is to show that ALL of these concepts and ideas were GIVEN to us. Even the guys posting on this forum. Think back to the first time you heard about Natural rights. Were you sitting in your bedroom and it just hit you? Were you born with that idea and as soon as you could speak you utterd the concept? No. Someone somewhere PASSED the idea to you and when you heard it you liked it and agreed with it, as do I.
Crazy other question along this thought. If these rights are bestowed on us just because we are born. Does it apply to non-humans? (think about it before anyone goes off the deep end). If so, does that mean cows have a right to live? (I'd say no) If NOT, then why are cows different then humans? Since we are saying that the right to life is bestowed upon your birth (by god or whoever/whatever you point to).