A right not being absolute doesn't mean the government has the power to restrict it legislatively. Constitutional rights are immunities against actions by government officials, not rules for adjudicating conflicts of rights among private parties. Legislators can enact judicial jurisdictions and statutes within which courts may, by due process, disable the exercise of any right, upon proof that if not disabled some violation of another persons rights would be likely to occur, or as a penalty or compensation for having violated someone's rights. But that does not imply the power to enable law enforcement officers to arrest someone for violating a statute that seeks to prevent some future injury, especially if the theory of causation involved is unsound.
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