This can't be emphasized enough:
All humans alive have equal and identical rights. Rights can't be "lost"; they can either be respected or violated. Rights never actually conflict.
You and I have the exact same rights; no difference at all. It doesn't matter who you are, where you live, what you've done, or how I feel about it. This includes, but is not limited to, those rights sometimes referred to as "gun rights". Rights are rights, and all rights are essential.
There's no such thing as a "right" to violate others, including the act of governing others.
Archators have the exact same rights I have.
The mentally ill have the exact same rights I have.
A guy living in the gutter in Ghana has the exact same rights I have.
A heroin addict has the exact same rights I have.
People I hate, or who hate me, have the exact same rights I have. My enemy has the exact same rights I have.
The individual trying to kill me has the exact same rights I have- but I hope I prevail against his attempt, and I will do my best to make that happen. Because there is no "right to murder", but there is a right to kill in defense of self or others.
It is my responsibility to respect everyone's rights. I will stand up for everyone's rights.
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