Intent is meaningless. It’s not the original intent of the commerce clause that is in question. Yeah, I guess you could pass an amendment that somehow addresses the 200 years of commerce clause jurisprudence, from McCulloch v Maryland to Gonzalez v Raich. It will never happen. Can’t imagine what it would look like.
When the day comes that the claim the authority to start confiscating firearms as an exercise in “regulating commerce”, which side will you come down on when the shooting starts?
When the day comes that the claim the authority to start confiscating firearms as an exercise in “regulating commerce”, which side will you come down on when the shooting starts?