If the Bill of Rights does not apply to states, as it didn’t till the passage of 14A and for quite some time thereafter, and still doesn’t today to some extent, then 2A cannot be used against the states as a shield against local or state gun control laws. In that case, all 2A would do is prohibit federal gun control laws.
If you are going to use the Bill of Rights to invalidate certain state laws you don’t like, then you have to accept it will also be used to invalidate certain state laws you do like.
Sherman, you need to read my stuff more carefully. Where do you get that I’m using the first ten amendments to invalidate certain sate laws?? I said the feds have no constitutional power over the things mentioned in the first ten amendments
Again, the first ten amendments are pointed directly at the feds, not at the states. They are a reminder of SOME of the things the feds can’t touch and the 14A does not give the feds enforcement power over them. Read post #38 when you have time.