God gave rights to man, and man created states (governments) to secure those rights.
I think it's a simple (but very important) question of jurisdiction, not "rights".
The citizens of a state, who have rights, grant limited, enumerated powers to governments at the state and the federal levels. The Constitution clearly restricts the powers of the US government to enumerated matters and specifically reserves all other powers to the states or to the people.
"Rights" is not the correct word here. This is about powers and jurisdiction. Citizens have rights.
Good points all. You haven’t read through the thread have you? ;^)