> try reading the other first nine amendments.
First nine has nothing to do with States or people, but everything to do with prohibited acts of Congress. The court and framers always had said as much.
Well... wrong. But thanks for playing.
As expressed, they are "declaratory and restrictive clauses". This means they declare something to be so, and impose a restriction. In regards to the Second Amendment, it says RKBA is a Right of the People and it shall not be infringed.
Period. End of story. FedGov, States, home owners associations, whatever... Hands Off RKBA.
Easy-peasy.
And yes, I have the quotes from the Founders to back this up. Let's start with this one...
"The whole of the Bill [of Rights] is a declaration of the right of the people at large or considered as individuals … It establishes some rights of the individual as unalienable and which consequently, no majority has a right to deprive them of." Albert Gallatin of the New York Historical Society, October 7, 1789