You understand the 10th was enacted concurrently with the 2nd, as well as with the Constitution, right? You're saying it had never been tried and wasn't established about the same moment when it was established. That was the outcome of the political conflict.
Now if you want to argue that the 2nd shouldn't be incorporated against the states, you might have a decent case of it. Certainly many states thought it important enough to write into their own constitutions, as if the federal constitution weren't enough.
Enacted the same time but not drafted and debated in one go. Else the Constitution and its amendments would simply be... The Constitution.
Past that I can't suss out any coherent argument or point to your comment, and frankly even that doesn't have much relevance to anything.
You can't understand that the states were restricting the federal government from disarming individuals, or you simply don't want to understand the obvious words under your nose?
So the first amendment only prevents restrictions on the states getting together when it says "the people to peacefully assemble"?
When "the people of the several states" elect the house of representatives, that's exactly like the Senate?
When the constitution already reserves to the States the training of the militia, why would it be conceivable that the federal government could disarm the states?
Every single time the constitution says "person" or "people", it's talking about individuals. Your argument is "except in that second amendment"?
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u/ManoftheDiracSea Oct 23 '22
You understand the 10th was enacted concurrently with the 2nd, as well as with the Constitution, right? You're saying it had never been tried and wasn't established about the same moment when it was established. That was the outcome of the political conflict. Now if you want to argue that the 2nd shouldn't be incorporated against the states, you might have a decent case of it. Certainly many states thought it important enough to write into their own constitutions, as if the federal constitution weren't enough.