The problem with holding the opinion that anyone not armed is " Under armed, under prepared, and possessing a suicidal death wish" is that it leads to ....
people who are unable to recognize sarcasm...
Our constitutional rights are not exclusive to citizens, as it was written by a bunch of guys at a time when NO ONE was a citizen.
I think this one is going to come down to how you define terms. First off, until well into the 20th century ALL OUR LAWS were "written by a bunch of guys".
Next point, our "Constitutional rights" are those enumerated in the Constitution, which itself states that they are not the only rights we possess.
I believe that "Constitutional rights" do apply to citizens and that we, by choice, extended them to non-citizens as a matter of courtesy and policy, and not because of a specific written law requiring us to do so. The legal requirement of "equal protection under the law" came about well after the writing of the Constitution.
Natural Rights, also referred to as "God given" rights, apply to everyone. But as no right is unlimited, our legal framework determines how, when, and where those rights may be expressed, for citizens and non citizens alike.
Also remember that "bunch of guys" who wrote the Constitution were the representatives of the people,
delegated to that task, well AFTER we declared our independence from Great Britain and considered ourselves a sovereign nation.
And, lastly (for now
) our Constitution grants no rights. Read it carefully. It recognizes certain God given (Natural) rights and it contains a lengthy list of what our government can, and cannot do regarding those rights.
It does NOT grant any rights.
Our Founders did not believe that government had the power to grant rights. I fully agree with that.
Don't you??