"However, they ignore the fact that the First Amendment is intended to protect only against government sanctions for exercising free speech rights, not private actions."

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Then President [Barack] Obama went on to argue that a citizen`s Second Amendment rights can be restricted without being infringed, just like any other rights. There are limits on your free speech and on your right to privacy. But he also made another nuanced Constitutional argument, that the rights enshrined in the Second Amendment must be balanced alongside the others rights guaranteed by the Constitution.

— Melissa Harris-Perry