The original state Militias were that way. They rejected non-whites, women, children, the elderly, the infirm, the mentally ill, those who were not "abled bodied", Indians, etc.
"I don’t want gun ownership rights to only accrue to official members of a state guard!"
Me neither! I'm just telling you who the second amendment protects.
If the 2nd Amendment protects states and not the people, can you then show me where in the Constitution it states a definition of the “people” different for the 2nd vs. the other Amendments?
The people means one thing and one thing only... you and me and every other person who is a citizen of the US. If you disregard “people” in the 2nd, you disregard it in all others.
Sorry, the 2nd is an individual right no matter how badly you may wish otherwise, and anyone who wants to try to deny me the right to keep and bear arms can come and try to take them can do so but they better be prepared for the unintended consequenses of their attemp.
Mike
And as you just noted that Parker noted, the 14th Amdnement eliminated that limitation.