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It all comes down to one of two points of view.
1. You see the government as the owner of all and the entity with rightful power to determine and limit what the people will have.
2. You see the people as the owner of all and given power to determine and limit what power the government will have.
Those on the left generally come down more closely with Statement #1.
Those on the right generally come down more closely with Statement #2.
The Founders, to a man, came down more closely with Statement #2 because they were determined to build a nation with no king, no dictatorship, no totalitarian powers that would dictate the fortunes of the people. Such governments have never recognized nor respected unalienable rights. When the government holds the property instead of the people, the people have no guaranteed freedoms at all.
And yet, what entity restrains the power of the mob to invade another's property?
Reason, and when that fails, The owner of said property, and those supportive of justice.
The Police do. It's the arm of the state.
Please..I respect you..but keep it real.