The 14th amendment was adopted after the Civil War to stop former Confederate States from keeping recently freed blacks in slavery and denying them the full rights enumerated in the Constitution.
During the Congressional debates over the ratification process recently freed blacks were brought to Washington D.C. to testify about being disarmed by the fomer Confederate States and the KKK in violation of the 2nd amendment leaving them vulnerable to attack. That the second amendment was being ignored by the former Confederate States was clearly one of the major reasons Congress felt the 14th amendment was necessary. The transcripts of the debates are public record.
Sadly, some of our Supreme Court judges will likely twist the intent and the law to such a degree that they will make Gumby look like he was made of stone in an attempt to deny the individual right that is the second amendment to all citizens.
