2nd Amendment "rules" should apply to the 14th Amendment

[montana]

No, it would not. The "well regulated" part of the 2A applies to state militias, not to the general public.

We will agree to disagree on this one. I know the supreme court stated, "the militia has nothing to do with gun rights" but I believe this is false. We have debated this in nauseating debates in the past, which I don't care to rekindle.

And they are all government-granted privileges, not Constitutional rights. What you propose would turn a right into a privilege, controlled by government.

The 2A has been steadily eroded in large part because many, if not most, supposedly pro-2A folks want the government to place restrictions on the RKBA.

I agree, the government knew it couldn't out right ban full autos in the 1930's, so they tacked on excessive taxes. Since most people had poor perceptions of full autos, "thanks to gangster movies" there was no outcry. Then in 1986 they did ban newly manufactured full autos for sale to private individuals. Once again, most people could have cared less since it didn't impact hunting or the shooting sports. Then they banned import of non-sporting firearms under Bush senior and then domestic manufactured non-sporting firearms under Clinton This is the slippery slope of abuse that has been occurring with the 2ndA. Requiring basic instruction and a back ground check is favourable to red flag laws " elimination of due process" or gun bans. If we are actually serious about lessening the tragedies of mass shootings and still be able to keep our 2ndA rights, we need a better way to convince the fence sitters that measures are in place to prevent the wrong people from acquiring guns. Like I said before, this is as much of a war of perception as it is facts.