We must apply the same standard of application to this amendment as to the others. If one would insist the constitution only restricts the federal government and not the states, it means nothing and each local government could create whatever restrictions it wished, whether it pertain to the 2nd or any other amendment. Should the words of the constitution be parsed as lawyers and politicians are so willing to do; "what is the meaning of 'is'"? That is certainly a perversion of the founding principals and would be the end of our democracy. Concerning our rights, we should demand the widest possible latitude of interpretation.
We must apply the same standard of application to this amendment as to the others. If one would insist the constitution only restricts the federal government and not the states, it means nothing and each local government could create whatever restrictions it wished, whether it pertain to the 2nd or any other amendment. Should the words of the constitution be parsed as lawyers and politicians are so willing to do; "what is the meaning of 'is'"? That is certainly a perversion of the founding principals and would be the end of our democracy. Concerning our rights, we should demand the widest possible latitude of interpretation.