MSRebel54
Regular Member
Well, actually, I could be wrong, but I was led to believe that since the MS constitution only allows for the regulation or forbidding the carrying of CONCEALED weapons, at one time, that made it unconstitutional to regulate anyone openly carrying a firearm. Those in charge at the time, didn't much like the idea of black folks being able to walk around "strapped on" perfectly legally.
So they said, how can we make a law that still seems to be regulating concealed carry, and therefore constitutional, but at the same time prevents "open carry"? And then some smart ant politician said, "I got it!' Let's say if the weapon is concealed in whole OR in part. That way it APPEARS that we are still only regulating concealed weapons, and therefore constitutional. So there you go. And I'm sure many years ago, the cop could just determine that person 'W' was not concealing his weapon, but person 'B''s weapon was "partly" concealed, and person 'B' is now subject to arrest.
Again, I could be totally wrong. But it IS a known fact that the MS Constitution did not intend for an openly displayed weapon to be subject to regulation by the legislature.
So they said, how can we make a law that still seems to be regulating concealed carry, and therefore constitutional, but at the same time prevents "open carry"? And then some smart ant politician said, "I got it!' Let's say if the weapon is concealed in whole OR in part. That way it APPEARS that we are still only regulating concealed weapons, and therefore constitutional. So there you go. And I'm sure many years ago, the cop could just determine that person 'W' was not concealing his weapon, but person 'B''s weapon was "partly" concealed, and person 'B' is now subject to arrest.
Again, I could be totally wrong. But it IS a known fact that the MS Constitution did not intend for an openly displayed weapon to be subject to regulation by the legislature.