Wow. That's as far out in the stix as I've ever seen a poster I consider intelligent go. Thanks for your honesty, but our founders didn't throw off the kingly shackles to protect the rights of a collective.
Sure they did -- that collective being the individual states.
The Constitution placed limits on the federal government only. The states were bound by their individual state constitutions. If a state wanted to ban guns, or free speech, or establish a state religion, they were free to do so.
Or didn't you know this?