[JWinNC]

"[T]he phrase 'the right of the people,' only recognizes a right, it is not conferring a right at all. If the constitution conferred rights to the people, then there would be no need for States."

Correct, and in the case of the 2nd amendment it recognizes the individual right is inalienable... cannot be taken away. It must be an individual right... not granted by the founding documents, but rather preexistent.

jw

[AZRepublican]

I don't think any State would ever consider taking the right away, only regulate it:

Section XIII of the State of Texas Constitution:

Every person shall have the right to keep and bear arms, in the lawful defense of himself or the State, under such regulations as the Legislature may prescribe.