Quote:Here's the Preamble to the Constitution: 

 

"We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."

 

That's a lot more than just life and property.   Do you think the founding fathers were wrong?  Honest question. 

 

None of that contradicts a federal government with the role of protecting property and life. But to answer the direct question, yes and no. Anyone who says the founding fathers had it ALL figured out for all of time is being naive at best. They didn't nor could they be expected to see what the nation would become, and how big government would become. Some of them warned about the dangers (Jefferson specifically) but I don't believe in a "dead" constitution. 

 

Back to the Preamble, all of that is covered by the protection of property and life. Your property is your possessions, your thoughts, your speech, your earnings, your body, your family, your home and so on. Property isn't referring to only your address or even simply physical things, your intellectual property (speech, thoughts, expression, media) is also protected. The defense of the nation is the defense of the lives of it's citizens. 

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