I think you missed the point I was making when I highlighted that quote. My point was that the NRA is saying that the right of the employer to control what goes on on his/her private property is more important than specifically enumerated rights held by citizens, not what he/she may fire an employee over. If this is indeed the case, then resturants and bars who are in the process of fighting onerous smoking bans placed on them by statist thugs might have some ammunition to fight back with here. Tho what we have gotten from the NRA here might be less of concrete case law and more political spin. Without the actual decision, I cant say which...JFK
I hope that property rights are soon recognized for bar and restaurant owners on the smoking issue. I prefer non-smoking restaurants, but I support the owner's right to make a market or preference based decision on whether to allow smoking. It just makes common sense.
As I read the Bill of Rights, most of the freedoms are applied to government action, not private action. For example, government has to give due process, but private individuals and businesses don't. The private sector can ban speech under its control, while government can't. We may disagree with private policies that restrict, say, gun ownership by hiring policies or free speech by editorial positions, but these don't rise to the level of constitutional violations since no government action is taken.