[Amendment10]

I'm not expert in gun law history, but federal gun laws for civilians seem to appear in the books during the FDR's presidency when the federal government began to blatantly ignore its constitutionally-limited powers.

Also, note that John Bingham, the main author of Section 1 of the 14th Amendment, had officially clarified in the congressional record that the 14th Amendment applied the 2nd Amendment to the states. See the 2nd Amendment in Bingham's discussion roughly in the middle of the 2nd column of the page at the following link.

Appendix to the Congressional Globe

[neverdem]

Thanks for the link!