For example the individual liberty to own a firearm is (currently) more valued than the group security of not having firearm related deaths. It has been long a

For example the individual liberty to own a firearm is (currently) more valued than the group security of not having firearm related deaths. It has been long argued over whether 2nd Amendment rights are individual or collective. In fact, proponents of gun control typically argue that 2A “right to bear arms” is in fact collective, and not individual, in order to justify gun control efforts. It was only in 2008 Heller decision that it was ultimately affirmed as individual right.