Thank you Elias, ML and BSC:
Yes, as a human individual, your human rights are an inherent characteristic of being human; these rights are as intrinsically a part of your individual identity as the colour of your eyes or the size of your feet. That is why they cannot be separated from your identity, your body or your thinking.
Another of those rights is the right to think for yourself and make decisions for yourself. The concept of jurors is unique and elegant, because each juror alone can make an independent decision and render an individual verdict. Each human possesses a sovereign mind, and while all humans have brains of the same design, each individual human brings a unique set of experiences, attitudes, observational skills and ethical priorities to the jury. It is this diversity of views, coupled with a singularity of purpose - to render true justice - that makes the entire concept of the jury one of the most unique on our planet.
Juries are constituted not only in courtrooms, but, throughout history, have been constituted of members of tribes, a few people from a small village, one family member from each family in the farming community, from the elders of churches, and other such configurations. Juries have not one thing to do with government, but serve human society as a means to render justice during disputes among or between humans, when no other means has been found to solve the conflict or disagreement.
Thank you all for recognizing that, as with so many areas of our individual human lives, the right to self defense is has absolutely nothing to do with any mention or sanction by any government.
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