Synthaholic
Diamond Member
Moron - we are talking about the intent of the 2nd. The founders didn't time-travel first to the late 1800s before writing the 2nd.The 14th came almost 100 years later.Ah but you have to look at the Second thru the lens of the Fourteenth. You missed my fabulous debate with Dante didn't you?
Heller vs DC was a tad vague but McDonald vs Chicago clearly tied the Fourteenth to the Second.
It has no relevance or insight into the 2nd's intent, from the founders' perspective.
Hey stupid, both are part of the Constitution.
WA Supreme Court: '2nd Amendment applies to the states via 14th Amendment due process clause'
Supreme Court: Second Amendment Applies to States.
The Supreme Court today held that the Second Amendment -- as recently redefined in D.C. v. Heller , in which the Court overturned D.C.'s handgun ban -- applies to the states, not just the federal government. Heller made this decision inevitable, so the only suspense with today's ruling was with respect to 1) the size of the majority and 2) what rationale the justices would use to "incorporate" the Second Amendment. The Court -- with the same 5-to-4 lineup as Heller -- chose to incorporate the Second Amendment through the due-process clause of the 14th Amendment rather than through the "privileges and immunities" clause.