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JALLEN wrote: I worry that we are on the edge of an abyss, where all these traits, I consider them virtues, will be swept away in despair, degradation, dependence on the collective, into a new Dark Ages made more terrible by unchecked violence, want, ignorance, and superstition.

I suspect that you have a lot more company in your concern than anyone realizes.

JALLEN wrote:I'm sure eventually the Pony Express rider will make it to Wyoming with a copy of the Constitution so they can read for themselves that:

This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof; and all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme law of the land; and the judges in every state shall be bound thereby, anything in the constitution or laws of any state to the contrary notwithstanding.

US Constitution, Article VI, Clause 2

I don't understand law as well as you but couldn't a case be made that the 10th Amendment applies? The Commerce clause allows the Federal government to regulate commerce but if I own my firearm, there is no commerce involved. Any National registration, for example, would be a regulation of the firearms themselves, not the sale of them. Since the power to regulate firearms is not specifically given to the Feds, doesn't that make it a State matter?

Yes, I know that the 10th Amendment has been pretty much left in the dust behind "progress" for a very long time.