I keep seeing this argument. I agree, but also feel that sometimes we need to keep reading:
“That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.”
You are right.
We have unalienable rights.
We also have put a government in place to secure these rights.
That government is charged by us with balancing our individual rights against the Safety of ALL the governed. Like it or not, our nation was built on the idea of freedom balanced against responsibility. Not just for ourselves, but for our families, friends, and communities.
Why does one person’s right to liberty mean more than another‘s right to life?