The Fourteenth would be violated wrt gun ownership should a state decide a certain class of citizen could not own guns while others were not affected.
Something on the order of saying No Black shall own a gun although of course that did not stop Southern states from doing just that after the CW.
Or no Irishman or Republican.
Something on the order of saying No Black shall own a gun although of course that did not stop Southern states from doing just that after the CW.
Or no Irishman or Republican”
You are confusing the Equal protection clause:
Nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
With the Citizen Clause:
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States.
The 14th amendment section 1 contains four clauses:
1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.
2. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States.
3 Nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.
4. Nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.