Here's the straight poop [sarcasm] from FR's foremost collectivist:
~~~~ We, as a society, decide which rights we will protect ---
We can choose not to protect your right to do ----. [most anything]
If and when a majority of the people decide that we should, then we will. Given that we're a self-governing nation, there's nothing to stop the majority from deciding this. ---
Forgive me y'all, but I love reposting decrees like this one....
That's called federalism, not collectivism. The way the U.S. Constitution was originally written.
But that makes centrists like yourself uncomfortable. You applaud the activist judges who use the 14th amendment to create a one-size-fits-all government. This way, five justices define your rights and apply that definition to all 50 states.
Do you like what they've done with the first amendment? They say it protects nude dancing. And that means all 50 states must allow it.
Then we have McCain-Feingold and eminent domain and abortion and sodomy and a whole bunch of rights that the states must protect.
Like the way your freedom of religion has been eroded over the years? Want to move to a state where you can at least put up a Nativity Scene in the public square? No state to move to, amigo. The laws apply to every state.
And you want these whack-jobs to define your gun rights and apply their definition to all 50 states. Way to go. Sarah Brady must be proud of you.
(Oh, the third amendment doesn't apply to the states, only the federal government. So if it isn't protected in the Florida State Constitution, get ready for company.)