Passion a side dude was an American and as such had some 'inalienable rights.'
Inalienable rights: a right according to natural law, a right that cannot be taken away, denied, or transferred.
From the Declaration of Independence,
"[A]ll men are created equal...[and] are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
From the Bill of Rights,
1. To act in self-defense (personal, family, innocents, nation).
2. To own and carry weapons for self-defense and for ensuring that the nation remains free.
3. To own and control private property (land, money, personal items, intellectual property, etc.)
4. To earn a living and keep the fruit of one?s labor.
5. To freely migrate within the country or to leave the country.
6. To worship -- or not worship -- God in the manner one chooses.
7. To associate with -- or disassociate from -- any person or group.
8. To express any idea through print, voice, banner, or other media.
9. To be secure in one?s home, papers, and person against unwarranted searches and seizures (privacy).
10. To be advised of the charges, in the event of arrest.
11. To have a judge determine if the accused should be held for trial or for punishment.
12. To be tried by a jury of one?s peers and face one?s accuser, in the event of being charged with a crime.
13. To be tried by a jury of one?s peers, in the event of a suit in which the disputed amount is substantive.
14. To suffer no cruel or unusual punishment.
15. To establish, monitor, control, and petition our servant government to help secure the above rights.
16. To abolish said government, when it becomes destructive of these rights.
From the Declaration of Independence,
"That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed."
I don't give my consent..
Martin Luther King,
If one is oppressed all are oppressed.
