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Hummm again I feel I must jump in. There is a belief by many that our Constitution grants the people their rights. It does NOT. It is the document that grants the Federal Government it’s rights. We the people hold all of the rights EXCEPT those that we willingly give to the federal government.

“… that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. Than to SECURE these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving …” - The Declaration of Independence

“The enumeration in the Constitution of certain rights shall not be construed to deny of disparage others retained by the people.” - The Constitution of The United States of America - Amendment 9

“The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.” .” - The Constitution of The United States of America - Amendment 10

Our rights are granted by our Creator and unless we have specifically enumerated authority in the Constitution, the Federal Government DOES NOT HAVE IT!

For example, it the second amendment were not there, would we still have the right to keep and bear arms? Of course! We did not grant the government authority to legislate in that area.

What about the first amendment? Freedom of the press. If it were not written would we still have freedom of the press? Certainly!

The founders thought these particular rights were so fundamental that they specifically called them out. Just because property rights aren’t mentioned does not mean that they don’t exist. Throughout both the Federalist and Anti-Federalist papers and other writings of the founders, absolute authority over your property was indisputable.

You are preaching to the choir, brother. BTW, the Bill of Rights is not a Bill of Rights at all. It is a list of things that the government is absolutely prohibited from doing.

P.S. There were many who opposed the BOR because they believed that by putting them in the Constitution, the government would actually use it as a basis to limit the rights of the citizens.