The record of original intent by the drafters of the Fourteenth Amendment makes it clear that it was intended to strike down state and local laws (the "Black Codes") that attempted to infringe the basic citizenship rights stated in the Bill of Rights. Laws to disarm the freedmen* were specifically listed as one of the things that would be abolished by the amendment.
*Hey, you ever try to get blood stains out of white sheets?
Indeed, and I’m hopeful that how the decision comes down, but if B. Hussein Obama gets a couple of Supreme Court picks all bets are off.
Jack