Absolutely. States not only routinely suppressed the press and free speech. Southern states stopped Abolitionist publishing, allowed crowds to burn their presses and totally shut down any speeches or discussions about slavery.
The last year of his life Hamilton argued for the freedom of the press against the state of New York - Croswell vs New York. He was the greatest lawyer in the nation but lost this case: the legislature changed the law shortly thereafter which made the truth a defense against libel and defamation in law suits.
Not only this but many states had state supported religions until about 1830 when they ended (mainly because of the increased power of non-established churches.)
An early supreme court case (Barron vs Baltimore) made the disconnection clear.
JFK federalized the Alabama National Guard in 1963 to force the admittance of two black students to the University of Alabama (presumably a state school), and the federal government has been mandating “civil rights” ever since.
To say that the federal government doesn’t routinely smack around so-called “states rights” is ludicrous in the extreme.
The same principle should apply to guns. The second amendment is a right of US citizenship, not a right of residence in a state or city.
I know, I know, local gun control laws are in effect everywhere... but the point is, if civil rights can be enforced by the fedgov, then gun rights deserve to be too. Fair is fair.