Now that the Illinois CCW ban is history, let's eliminate "may-issue" laws

[jimmy the one]

12. historical prohibitions on carrying concealed

icono: .. let's eliminate "may-issue" laws.. They violate both the Second and Fourteenth Amendments.

Do they violate those amendments? since when? You only want to impose more revisionist history, & put the country further on the slippery slope of gun disease.

Kentucky: The right to bear arms in defense of themselves and of the State, subject to the power of the General Assembly to enact laws to prevent persons from carrying concealed weapons. (1891).

Montana: The right of .. but nothing herein contained shall be held to permit the carrying of concealed weapons. (1889).

Louisiana: The right of each citizen to keep and .. but this provision shall not prevent the passage of laws to prohibit the carrying of weapons concealed on the person. Art. I, § 11 (1974).
1879: A well regula.. This shall not prevent the passage of laws to punish those who carry weapons concealed.

Mississippi: The right of .. but the legislature may regulate or forbid carrying concealed weapons.1890.

Missouri:.. shall not be questioned; but this shall not justify the wearing of concealed weapons.1945.

New Mexico: No law shall abridge the .. but nothing herein shall be held to permit the carrying of concealed weapons.
1912: The people have the.. but nothing herein shall be held to permit the carrying of concealed weapons.

North Carolina: A well regulated militia being .. Nothing herein shall justify the practice of carrying concealed weapons, or prevent the General Assembly from enacting penal statutes against that practice. 1971.

Oklahoma:.. but nothing herein contained shall prevent the Legislature from regulating the carrying of weapons. 1907.

Tennessee:.. the Legislature shall have power, by law, to regulate the wearing of arms with a view to prevent crime.1870
1796: "That the freemen of this State have a right to keep and to bear arms for their common defence."
1834: "That the free white men of this State have a right to keep and to bear arms for their common defence."

Texas:.. but the Legislature shall have power, by law, to regulate the wearing of arms, with a view to prevent crime.1876

Arkansas: The citizens of this State shall have the right to keep and bear arms for their common defense.1868
1836: "That the free white men of this State shall have a right to keep and to bear arms for their common defence."

Colorado:.. but nothing herein contained shall be construed to justify the practice of carrying concealed weapons.1876
Florida 1885: .. but the Legislature may prescribe the manner in which they may be borne."
Georgia: .. but the General Assembly shall have power to prescribe the manner in which arms may be borne.1877
http://www2.law.ucla.edu/volokh/beararms/statecon.htm