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Originally Posted by Skybird
No, Sir, there is no such right. The right that exists - or at least should exist in form of a law - is that people have the freedom to defend themselves against a killer or mugger, and to resist to getting killed or mugged.
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Wrong. At least in the United States.
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Originally Posted by Thomas Jefferson
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
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I don't know about other countries, but in the U.S. we actually do have the right to not be killed or mugged. And those rights were granted to us by our Creator - so no man can take them away, by law or otherwise. Seems rather common-sense to me, but I'm glad our Founding Fathers felt the need to put it in writing.
Our Constitution does not actually grant us any rights. It prevents anyone from taking them from us. And our courts have ruled that since these rights are: 1) granted by the "Creator" (who/whatever that is); 2) applicable to all men; and 3) unalienable - that these rights apply even to non-citizens. So, even if you do not have the right to life in your own country, you have it here.
The fact that various governmental entities are illegally violating these rights is the very point of the article linked above. And this is just one example among many.
Further, and to the point of this thread: everyone in the U.S. has the right "to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, [this right] shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."