In some ways that's the nub of the dissension. Of course the gun control proponents who might not think any private citizen should be carrying a gun in public are opposed to a national right to carry. But perhaps more critical is the schism in the RKBA camp.The Alaskan said:...How do you feel this idea will be affected by the 10th Amendment, which reserves all powers not expressly granted to the Federal Government to the individual states?
As I see it, this speaks directly to our two-layer government system, wherein some powers are strictly within the purview of the Federal government, and others are strictly within the purview of state governments....
Many supporters of the Second Amendment are also strict constructionists on constitutional matters and generally oppose expansion of federal power. Various national right to carry proposals are viewed as an erosion of state sovereignty as recognized and protected by the Ninth and Tenth Amendments. Those proposals also are viewed as requiring further stretching of the Commerce Clause in order to find congressional authority for the legislation. And thus national right to carry legislation is seen by some ardent Second Amendment advocates as offending their core values.
This sort of tension between federal authority and state sovereignty has been an issue for us since the days of the Articles of Confederation.