Yeppers... totally agree and so did the Court. I personally think the Court was right and as the Amendments were written especially when looking at the entire document the first 10 Amendment simply did not apply to the States.
They really really WANTED to start making sure that the States did not go all crazy nazi (before nazis existed) and protect the people a bit more
Well that is a matter of opinion.... It is true that the Federal Constitution is the floor as to rights so a State can give you MORE freedom than does the US Constitution but they can't take them away.
I just don't know of any laws that currently exist in any states that does away with any US Constitutional rights.
Eh? It literally suggests they intended to limit state power as well with the constitution, hence specifically saying 'as long as they're in line with the constitution'
The powers not delegated to the United States by **the Constitution**, nor **prohibited by it** to **the States**, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
Look... I am likely the wrong guy on that. I do not personally think that the 2nd Amendment gives you a Constitutional right to own a gun except as it would be required to preserve a well regulated militia. This is what the SCOTUS initially ruled... unless the gun was required to maintain a well regulated militia then no Constitutional right existed in regards to that gun.
Having said that... just because you dont have a Constitutionally protected right does not mean you can't still possess a gun.
