The 14th amendment doesn't cover reciprocity of driver's licenses and marriages/divorce. I thought that was covered in one of the articles.
I understood there were court rulings that the Bill of Rights applies to the states the same as the Feds (via the 14th I guess). At least that is how it is applied for the 1st amendment. The 2nd should apply the same way.
Also, many states have pro-gun clauses in their constitutions.
It would be nice if the 10th amendment was applied strictly.
Well, the 14th is one way to protect driver's licenses-on a right to travel argument. There's primarily a commerce clause issue there I think, but also the privileges and immunities rule for driver's licenses...but notice that it doesn't work for other kinds of licenses, like hunting licenses or contractor's licenses.
I'm not as enthused about leaving it to states, being from California. The right to self defense doesn't mean much, it turns out, in the California courts.