IF we really have come to a point where people honestly believe that our rights are given or withheld by government, we don't have a country left anymore. We have moved government back to beyond even the Magna Carta, to the point where rights were at the whim of the King.
The government doesn't enforce rights. The government is and always was, to protect the natural, God given rights of the people.
The blame obviously lies with poor quality public school education and indoctrination. It's the comfort zone of the Totalitarian Statist Progressive, to think the Sun rises and sets by their decree. ...... I think we need to find a new Baby Sitter.