The Bill of Rights limits the powers of the government by ensuring 10 amendments to the constitution that protect individual rights to the citizens of America.
Explanation:
Amendment 2 gives the citizens the right to carry weapons as a form of insurance is the government becomes tyrannical, that way the citizens can rise up against that government to fight it for democracy. The 4 amendment ensures that people cannot be subject to unreasonable search and seizure by the government without a warrant from probable cause. Amendment 5 describes that the individual rights of the citizen cannot be prosecuted and tried without a Grand jury and evidence against them, innocent until proven guilty.