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8. Do you actually know the point you are trying to make?

The rights to life and liberty are in the Constitution; but there is still capital punishment, imprisonment and restrictions on travel.

Slavery is covered by the Constitution but the inequity that caused slavery was amended.

The right to bear arms is in the Bill of Rights as is the right to free speech; both are open to amendment and also to reasonable legislation regarding them. Free speech is abridged; you cannot issue slander without sanction and you cannot incite treason or racial hatred; the right to bear arms is also abridged - try walking into a courtroom with a concealed weapon if you are not part of the security of the Court.

In the cases of both free speech and the right to keep and bear arms the technology has changed and legislation has changed with them. It is now regarded as illegal to incite treason against the USA from without the USA - even if you are a US citizen. Equally it is seen as unreasonable to permit child pornography over the internet.

Only in the case of gun rights do advocates for the gun industry scream for both "original intent" and "unchanging interpretation" and ignore the right (not enshrined in the Constitution) to live without fear, either that imposed upon them by those who bear arms or the fears incited by the manufacturers to sell their weapons.