[wagglebee]

Again I will state irrevocably the Bill of Rights did not apply to the separate and sovereign states in any fashion until the 20th century.

So again I ask, why even bother with the Second Amendment if every state had the power to rescind the right to keep and bear arms and effectively make this right nonexistent except on federal property.

And what purpose did the Fifth Amendment serve in an era where nearly every crime would be prosecuted at the state and not the federal level?

The Tenth Amendment granted the states POWERS to make laws not prohibited, it DID NOT give the states the power to restrict RIGHTS.

Now, I understand that you aren't a fan of the Bill of Rights and that you really don't like the Fourteenth Amendment, but it is the Law of the Land.

[Jacquerie]

The 10th granted no powers to the states. It is plain from the wording of the Amendment itself and is backed up by Constitutional history. No amount of wishing on your part can change that.