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Tpaine, read just ammedment1 and 2. Both amendments state "Congress shall pass no law..etc". It is a restriction on the Federal government. The Federal constitution guarantees to the people of the states a "republican form of government" and each state has that in place. You hang your hat on the 14th amendment that was NOT a part of the original constitution. The 14th amendment has only served as the vehicle for the Federal government to impose its will on every citizen of every state. The fact is, the 14th amendment is responsible for "Brown v board of education", "Roe v Wade", and a host of other social engineering decisions. The 14th amendment has only been used as an argument by conservatives in one case. That was the Florida situation in the last election and ironically, the final decision was not won on that argument.

Tpaine, read just ammedment1 and 2. Both amendments state "Congress shall pass no law..etc". It is a restriction on the Federal government.

The 2nd has no such language. - Weird contention.

The Federal constitution guarantees to the people of the states a "republican form of government" and each state has that in place.

Yep. - In theory. - You 'states rights' advocates would change that to a tyrannny of the 'moral' majority, if you could.

--- the 14th amendment that was NOT a part of the original constitution.

Of course it wasn't. It was made necessary by violations of individual rights by states after the civil war. Gun rights violations, among others, were listed in the ratification debates.

The 14th amendment has only served as the vehicle for the Federal government to impose its will on every citizen of every state.

The tired old 'evil amendment' fallacy, -- agit-prop spread by the 'states rights' authoritarians.

The fact is, the 14th amendment is responsible for "Brown v board of education", "Roe v Wade", and a host of other social engineering decisions. The 14th amendment has only been used as an argument by conservatives in one case. That was the Florida situation in the last election and ironically, the final decision was not won on that argument.

Socalled 'conservatives' want states to have the power to ignore the constitution. They are Rino statists, not true conservatives who honor individual liberty.

...read just ammedment1 and 2. Both amendments state "Congress shall pass no law..etc".
Amendment I
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.

Amendment II
A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.

How is anyone going to believe what you're saying when you don't even know what the 1 and 2 amendments say? Your "claimed" knowledge shows me something though.