[jwalsh07]

It didn't. The court "discovered" that restriction in the 14th Amendment. Leftists have little regard for original intent.

It's your opinion that the original intent of "the people" was to allow states but not the federal government to disarm them?

[Mojave]

It's your opinion that the original intent of "the people" was to allow states but not the federal government to disarm them?

They expressed their intent regarding their states' powers through their states' constitutions. We have a federal, not a national, government.

At least for the moment.