First: "Congress shall make no law..."
Second: "...shall not be infringed."
Sounds pretty absolute to me. I guess the only way they could have made their point stronger would be to prescribe summary hanging for anyone violating these rights.
Maybe we should do that next time...
"The People have the right to obtain and carry weapons and ammunition. Anyone who hinders the exercise of that right, physically, or by regulation, or by taxation shall upon detection be hanged by the neck until dead from the nearest available horizontal structure."
All I have is a curb. This may take a while. ;)
/johnny
You quote the word CONGRESS that does not mean that the states are necessarily prescribed. You cannot openly engage in supporting the over throw of the US government without being charged with treason....You cannot shout fire in a crowded theater. You cannot print the shipping schedules of ships during times of war.....There are plenty of examples of non-absolutist instances.