RottenApple wrote: ↑Tue Jul 13, 2021 6:06 pm
ELB wrote: ↑Tue Jul 13, 2021 5:02 pm
So...constitutional to deny LTC to 18-20 yo if you provide it to everyone else? Hmmm.
Devil's Advocate: The LTC is a licensing system provided by the State. It is not an inherent or Constitutionally Protected right to have an LTC. Therefore the State that provides such licensing is able and allowed to set rules for obtaining that license.
That being said, the Second Amendment says "to keep
AND bear". To "bear arms" means to carry them (not that I have to explain that to anyone here). The Constitution makes no distinction between concealed or open carry; though it was, admittedly, more common to carry openly for much (if not most) of this country's history. Carrying concealed was typically seen as bad manners. But that's just custom and customs change over time. My argument would be that a License To Carry is completely unnecessary as the Constitution already covers the subject, and that since COTUS doesn't say anything about concealed vs open, that leaves it up to the bearer to decide how to carry.
bingo and very well stated.
