John Ensign: “Well, I think her statement was shocking. It also proves she doesn't believe the second amendment codifies the…”

“Well, I think her statement was shocking. It also proves she doesn't believe the second amendment codifies the preexisting natural right to self-defense. Her statement is in stark contrast with the belief of our Founders, who fervently believed that the right to keep and bear arms was a natural right. Our Founders discussed natural rights in one of the founding documents, the Declaration of Independence: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Yet Ms. Kagan doesn't ``have a view of what are natural rights independent of the Constitution.'' The failure to recognize the natural right to self-defense as articulated by our Founders and expressed in the Bill of Rights, I believe, is deeply disturbing. The Constitution doesn't create these inalienable rights, as the Senator from Mississippi said. It recognizes and protects these rights that are considered bestowed upon us by our Creator.”