: Guarantees freedoms concerning religion, speech, the press, assembly, and the right to petition the government.

: Protects the right of the people to keep and bear arms.

A "right" is a legal, social, or ethical principle of freedom or entitlement. Essentially, rights are the fundamental rules about what is allowed of people or owed to them according to a specific legal system, social convention, or ethical theory. 1. The U.S. Bill of Rights

In the United States, the first ten amendments to the Constitution are known as the . Ratified in 1791, these amendments protect individual liberties by placing limits on government power.