Quote Originally Posted by Dade View Post
The constitutional right to privacy is one that is very much debated. Strict constitutionists maintain that the constitution never explically states a right to privacy. It's along the same line of thought with gun rights. The constitution grants every citizen the right to bear arms. So any law restricting that right is unconstitutional. Yet the SCOTUS has made several rulings that infer the right to privacy, without it being stated in the constitution.
I don't think that's a good comparison but I get what you're saying I think.

Gun rights are written in the Constitution. Privacy is not. So the approach to the two concepts is 100% different.

The gun debate is all about where the restriction begins, if any. The concept of privacy is written in via case law and isn't mentioned once in the Constitution but for the 4th Amendment.