Indeed it would, dispite the fact that the 14th has little to do with that cycle. -- The unconstitutional applications of the commerce clause are the 'evil' here, not the 14th.
Today we simply assume that if federal monies (and the attached strings that go with it) are available then it's simply the law.
This is the legacy of the 14th Amendment.
That is propoganda, put out by the states 'rights' people.
Actually, the 14th may save our 2nd amendment rights from the big government 'regulations' crowd, that claims a state & federal ability to write virtually any gun law on the 'well regulated' clause of the 2nd.
'Emerson' has refuted this view & the USSC may very well confirm it by 'incorporating', as per the 14th.
Read the Ashcroft 'decision' threads for the real truth.