CaedmonVol
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All right, I'll continue to school you. The Second Amendment (unlike every other single amendment except for the grand-jury clause of the 5th Amendment), is NOT BINDING on the states. It's true.
It's a legal fiction called incorporation, which the Supreme Court instituted in the early 20th century -- through this legal fiction, all the other amendments are binding on the states, otherwise they could institute state-run religions and search your house. If you think I'm making this up, read a book about constitutional law (something you would say to me).
Hence, the states CAN pass gun-control laws if the people so desire.
Let me say one more thing -- if you're a states-rights fan, that's great. That is, after all, how the Framers designed the system.
But for crying out loud, BE CONSISTENT. BE PRINCIPLED. States rights means that the states can pass laws that you LIKE and DON'T LIKE. They can outlaw abortion. Or they can not. It's the political process that controls. Be a conservative that has principles, not like the robed cheaters who wrote Bush v. Gore, the most brazen abdication of states' rights ever.