:The textual basis for incorporation stems from the 14th amendment. While the 14th amendment has been abused a thousand times in American legal history, and while ruling that the second amendment applies to states would be, I suppose, "activist," in a very literal definition of the word, it would be very much in the spirit of the constitution and it would move America closer to what she was meant to be. [[User:JacobB|JacobB]] 21:38, 22 November 2009 (EST) | :The textual basis for incorporation stems from the 14th amendment. While the 14th amendment has been abused a thousand times in American legal history, and while ruling that the second amendment applies to states would be, I suppose, "activist," in a very literal definition of the word, it would be very much in the spirit of the constitution and it would move America closer to what she was meant to be. [[User:JacobB|JacobB]] 21:38, 22 November 2009 (EST) |