This is Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia (who passed away in 2016 at the age of 79), in a 2012 interview on the show “Uncommon Knowledge,” speaking about the role of the Second Amendment and the Heller decision.

This is again another illustration of positive vs negative rights. The government is restrained by the US Constitution. It limits the power of government and favors the rights of the people which are inherently bestowed upon the people by God, and not by government.

BZ