There is an unalienable right to life which includes self defense. This cannot be taken away.
But the type of self defense can be regulated by law. Just because you have that right doesn't mean you can use a gun to accomplish it.
What nonsense.
You may remove the claws from a mother bear. But you cannot remove the innate justification for the bear being born with claws.
Every disarmed person who dies at the hands of criminals in the state of Kalifornia has been denied their right to life by the state.
Every disarmed Jew who was gassed in the ovens at Aushwitz was denied their right to life by the state. Do you think they were justifiably disarmed? It was perfectly legal in Germany to ship them off to camps and kill them.
Our nation is just one terror attack away from a new understanding of self-defense. The people on flight 93 had to face box-cutters with coffee pots and bare hands. They saved the lives of people on the ground but they were not successful at saving themselves.
You can believe that the government has the power to dictate how you defend yourself. I know better and I will act long before allowing attackers to have the upper hand.