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you don't understand the entire environment surrounding the constitution. The AOC failed. that meant what we had was several states which were each independent states with their own laws. The founders wanted to create a central federal government with the consent of the states. The federal government was given certain powers by the states-such as the power to mint coin, enter treaties, declare war etc. The states agreed to that ceding of state power to a central government.
The founders did not give the CENTRAL government certain powers. Some founders feared that merely NOT delegating some powers to the federal government would NOT PREVENT that federal government from engaging in such areas. SO to appease one faction of the founders and those who were instrumental in ratifying the Constitution, the bill of rights were created to affirmatively LIMIT the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT in areas where the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT was never given any power in the first place
before I go on-do you agree or disagree with that and if you disagree with that-state why
No sir.. no diversions
Again... so you have only two ways to go with your premise:
Either.. you disagree with equal protection under the law.. since according to you, its against the original intent of the founders constitution.
Which would also include disagreeing with Heller, and includes agreeing that states have the right to ban any and all firearms in their state.
OR
The founders got the original constitution wrong. and it had to be fixed.
So which is it?