[Fee]

Gay strategy comes back to haunt liberals. We have two conflicting admendments to the USC. The 10th (powers not given to fed goes to state) vs 14th (civil rights protection uniform across the nation). Gays have been able to expoit the logic of the 14th, even though the SCOTUS left the definition to the states on gay marriage. The 2nd Amendment was declared a civil right. If gays can use the 14th to claim equal treatment and status in all states, then the same logic can be applied to the 2nd Admendment.

[Clump]

SCOTUS has been known to speak with a forked tongue on more than one occasion.

[OneWingedShark]

Gay strategy comes back to haunt liberals. We have two conflicting admendments to the USC. The 10th (powers not given to fed goes to state) vs 14th (civil rights protection uniform across the nation). Gays have been able to expoit the logic of the 14th, even though the SCOTUS left the definition to the states on gay marriage. The 2nd Amendment was declared a civil right. If gays can use the 14th to claim equal treatment and status in all states, then the same logic can be applied to the 2nd Admendment.

The "simple" — and traditional — solution is this: ignore the 10th Amendment.