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The burden of proof must always be on the state. Always.

Would the 14th Amendment not make a provision for States to decide on their own to allow or alter the Second amendment at per state level? Or am I reading that incorrectly?

Would the 14th amendment allow states to restrict freedom of speech, religious freedom, your right to trial, etc?

It reads that way to me, but perhaps I'm interpreting it incorrectly.

You are. The 14th was designed to *prevent* states from denying constitutional rights.

"What was previously forbidden only to Congress to do was, by the passage of the Fourteenth Amendment, made equally forbidden to any state." oh yes. Of course. I see...

FYI: I was right about mental illness. Usually these people don’t survive the event. This one did. And voila, he was mentally ill. http://www.nydailynews.com/amp/news/politics/florida-school-shooter-told-cops-demons-forced-kill-article-1.3823837 …

"Despite his psychological battles, Cruz was able to legally purchase the assault rifle he killed his former classmates with due to Florida's lax gun laws."