Bearing arms, Right or Privilege?

The right to keep and bear arms is one that is engrained in our constitutions, and a highly patriotic notion. But is it really an "inherent" right for all humans? Has the "rest" of the world done a horrible atrocity by not allowing their citizens to own firearms? 

Here in the United States, previously convicted criminals are not allowed to own or possess any kind of firearm. The same rule applies to those that have been diagnosed with a mental disorder, specifically that could hinder their ability to use a firearm in a safe and controlled way. If these people don't have the right to own a firearm, then have we taken away a right? Or merely a privilege?

The "right" to keep and bear arms has many conditions relating to age, history, past acts, and many others. If the right to bear arms is an inherent one, then how/why do we take it away from so many people? It's because we are not confident in their ability to use a firearm safely, or with out harming others. You are not allowed to drive if you are impaired in a way that would make it unsafe for you or others. Driving is not a right, then how is gun ownership?

We may not have the inherent right to use or even own a gun, but that does not mean that we can not defend ourselves. Guns although effective for self defense are by no means the only way of self defense. Many other forms of self defense not the least of which is our own bodies, and our mind. The right to own a gun might be a privilege, but the right to defend one's self is certainly a right.

Gun ownership is not a universal right, the right to defend one's self is, and that should not and can not be taken away.