Your question is based on a false premise. The second amendment states "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." It is not an infringement of the 2nd Amendment to require that you carry openly. (At one time concealed carry was illegal because that's what bad people did.) It is also not an infringement of the 2nd Amendment to require you to carry concealed. (Later open carry was also considered a bad thing.) Note that the amendment does not say "the right to carry openly" shall not be infringed. Your right is to keep and bear, but the manner of keeping and bearing is not stated in the amendment. That is left up to Congress and the States.chuckybrown wrote:So, if one agrees with CC, but not OC....is it possible to be a partial 2A supporter?
In other words....can someone support 2A rights....but only to a certain extent...i.e. not exercising 2A rights that might make others "uncomfortable"?
I'm curious, because I think you're either all in, or you're not.
No flames wanted, just honest discourse.
Happy 2016!
So someone could be a strong supporter of the 2nd Amendment yet also support making open carry illegal. The concept of "constitutional" carry is one that was made up recently by 2nd Amendment "activists" trying to push the envelope. From the very beginning of our nation governments have passed laws that impacted who could own guns and how they could be used. So the idea that government can't make any laws regarding firearm ownership or possession doesn't pass the history test. Colonial Firearm Regulation