“Please remember that all the Colonial States were told to Pass their State Constitution BEFORE the Federal Constitution was approved.”
Told? No, they chose to do that. Each state had to come up with its own framework for government- no central government told them to. They did it of their own accord.
“The Bill of Rights LIMITS the role of THE FEDERAL Government BUT GAVE STATES the RIGHT to deal with other matters. “
Certainly, it was. However, you have a right to bear arms, regardless of what state you live in. It is a natural right of mankind, rather like freedom of speech. No government has the right to abridge either to the point of uselessness, be it state, federal, or foreign.
True.
However, until the passage of the 14th Amendment the 2nd Amendment did not apply to the states, which could and did pass and enforce many laws infringing the right to keep and bear arms, notably with regard to free black men not having such right.
Many conservatives object to the limitations on states’ rights the doctrine of incorporation via the 14th imposes. Arguably correctly. They should bear in mind that recent Supreme Court rulings prohibiting states from interfering on the RTKBA are based on precisely that doctrine.