[A]sk many of your fellow citizens their opinion on free speech or gun control or private property. I guarantee that most will say something like, "I believe in free speech, but..."
If private property is a natural right, then the State has no business telling me how I can dispose of my own property. As long as I do not use my speech or weapons or property to infringe on the property or lives of others, I have done nothing to justify threats of violence or the actual exercise of violence against my person. On the other hand, if the State can regulate these rights, then they are not rights, but privileges sanctioned by the State. Given that many of our fellow citizens believe the "but" they demonstrate that they believe in privileges and not rights.
The State is intrusive and does not base its actions on the Constitution.
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