re: #43 EmmmieG

States are not free to violate the constitution. They were invalidating the amendment that gave everyone the right to vote (14th? Too lazy to go and look it up), and probably the 1st by not allowing free speech de facto by sanctioning violence.

Can someone tell me about the 2nd? Were blacks allowed to own guns?

The whole reason gun control laws were passed in the first place is because 40-50 years ago, the Black Panthers started walking around open-carry, making white people nervous.