How Has the Bill of Rights Has Shaped Our Relationship with the Government?

In short, the Bill of Rights has made our relationship with the government a peaceful yet adversarial relationship. On one hand, we rely on the government for help with everything, while on the other hand we seemingly resent the government when they try and get in our business.
The first amendment gives us the freedom of religion, speech, press, and the right to petition. It also gives us the right to "peaceably assemble," if I am not mistaken. This amendment in itself opens the door to hundreds of thousands of potential disagreements with the government over free speech issues. Political Leaders should really change this amendment to say "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or abridging the freedom of speech during peacetime." People are frequently criticized if they express bad opinions about the president or administration during wartime, and sometimes they even get sent to jail. This in itself paved the way for people to make any claim they could if they said something stupid and were arrested for it. There is also another problem with this amendment: it doesn't apply to people under the age of 18 because legally children don't have the same rights as adults.

The second amendment gives people the legal right to form state militias, which could be interpreted as a bad thing by many people who are afraid of potential conflicts. Some would say that having a state run militia could also spark a war within ones country.

The third amendment states that "No soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by the law." When you look at amendment #4, you can a narrow it down to a few choice words: no unreasonable search and seizure. When you look at the rest of the Bill of Rights, you see such laws as the widely used fifth amendment where people can actually "plead the fifth" to escape from further incriminating themselves although it further alienates them from the government when they won't admit to anything. As for the next three amendments, they all have to do with crimes and how to go about prosecuting the criminals.

In general, all the amendments seem arbitrarily designed to cause conflict between the people and the government. It almost seems as though the bill of rights was written as a way to sabotage the government and cause civil unrest. Even now, people are using the 4^th amendment to try and get out of being in trouble with the government if they have suspected terrorist connections.
In conclusion, I tend to think that the Bill of Rights needs to be looked at and amended or just done away with. No one really follows it anymore, we frequently see the 1^st and 4^th amendments violated and excessive use of force is almost always used by cops now. Ever since September 11^th, the federal government has been abusing the bill of rights to stop terrorism. On one hand, that's a good thing if you really want to stop terrorism, but on the other hand you could argue that the government is trying to make the bill of rights null and void so they can have more control over its people.