You may forfeit your right to freedom if you commit a crime. If that crime is a felony you have forfeited your right to own a firearm or vote. Boarding a plane or entering a crowded theater cancels you right to say what every you want....
The only "absolute" right you should have is to your own, individual self-determination and you don't even have that right.
What right is "absolute" in your mind? Certainly the right to own a firearm isn't.
We have many inalienable rights and most have been subverted.
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures,
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.
In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial,
by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defense.
Max Hardcore wasn't prosecuted in that capacity and not in the correct state, nor did he have an impartial jury. Just to name one person.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion,
or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.
Waco... The sheriff checked all the Branch Davidians' weapons and they were legal. The ATF and FBI murdered them anyway.
Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
The right of the people
to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed.
I could go on and on.
"Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself! They are the American people's Liberty Teeth and keystone under Independence. From the hour the Pilgrims landed, to the present day, events, occurrences, and tendencies prove that to insure peace, security, and happiness, the rifle and pistol are equally indispensable. The very atmosphere of firearms everywhere restrains evil interference -- they deserve a place of honor with all that's good!"
President George Washington, in a speech to Congress. 7 January, 1790
"They that can give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety"
Benjamin Franklin
"No free man shall ever be barred the use of arms"
Thomas Jefferson, Proposal Virginia Constitution, T. Jefferson Papers, 334
"This year will go down in history. For the first time, a civilized nation has full gun registration. Our streets will be safer, our police more efficient, and the world will follow our lead into the future."
Adolph Hitler, 1935
"Germans who wish to use guns should join the S.S., or the S.A. (Army), ordinary citizens don't need guns, as their having guns doesn't serve the state."
Heinrich Himmler
"The most foolish mistake we could possibly make would be to allow the subjected people to carry arms; history shows that all conquerors who have allowed their subjected people to carry arms have prepared their own fall."
Adolph Hitler, edict of 18 March, 1938
"The great object is that every man be armed. Everyone who is able might have a gun!"
Patrick Henry, 3 Elliot, Debates at 386
"The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in Government!"
Thomas Jefferson
"Every good communist should know that political power grows out of the barrel of a gun, the Communist Party must control the guns."
Mao Tse Tung
