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Ah, the old "laws somehow thwart God's plan of freewill" argument. Supposedly we should legalize bank-robbery, since laws against bank-robbery rob would-be robbers of their freewill choice on whether to rob or not.

If our inalienable rights can be abrogated then they are not really inalienable. We can infringe on our own inalienable rights, but we may not abrogate them.

Please do me a favor and pick up some philosophy books, preferably from the Scottish enlightenment, and do some reading. The govt does not grant rights, but it has been created to safeguard them. Bank robbers are violating someone else's property rights. Rapists are violating someone else's right to freedom of association. Murderers are violating someone else's right to life. Right now the govt is violating virtually all of these rights instead of protecting them. Can you think of anyone's rights that I might be violating if I sit at home and spark up a big fatty? Or do you suppose you have the God-given right to dictate to others what they should eat, drink, smoke or have relations with?