Original sentence: In 1948 the United Nations General Assembly's Universal Declaration of Human Rights was endorsed by many modern nation-states.It is very much an open question whether collective rights ought to be considered legitimate at all, and, if so, how these collective rights are best balanced with individual rights.The term collective rights refers to rights which are held and exercised by all the people collectively, or by specific subsets of the people.This category of rights is large and heterogeneous: it includes the purported right of trade unions to bargain collectively, the right to bring class-action suits,  collective civil right to keep and bear firearms in the United States, the freedom to roam and most prominently the right to democratic self determination and the right of revolution.This is a controversial topic, particularly where claims to collective rights conflict with the claims of individual rights
Edited sentence: " This is often miscontrued by many foreign and domestic media sources who favor a gun-control agenda.As a "License to kill.However it by no means has ever been interpretted by any courts, governments, etc.In 1948 the United Nations General Assembly's Universal Declaration of Human Rights was endorsed by modern nation-states.The collective right to bear arms, in the United States stems from the natural right of self-defense.The idea being, it gives the people and the states the ability to defend/protect themselves from the tyranny of governments and criminals, both foreign and domestic.The term collective rights refers to rights which are held and exercised by the people collectively, or by a formal collective organization.There is debate on whether collective rights truly exist, and, if so, how these collective rights actually are balanced with individual rights.This category of rights is large and heterogeneous: it includes the rights of trade unions to bargain collectively, the right to bring class-action suits,  collective civil right to keep and bear firearms in the United States, the freedom to roam and most prominently the right to democratic self determination and the right of revolution.This is a controversial topic, particularly when collective rights inevitably come into conflict with individual rights