The Pros And Cons Of Open Carry Handguns

The 10th amendment of the United States constitution should have contained the specific powers that are within the states themselves, but there is not an explicit example of the powers that should have been given to the states and should still be in effect within the states to this day or at least a form of which. Whether the powers were changed, eliminated, or remained the same throughout the years, there should have been at least some kind of form or documentation as to what the states should be able to do and what they would need the federal government’s permission and/or assistance to do. These powers of the states are actually the rights of the states that are supposed to be protected by the constitution. If the rights were explicitly …show more content…
There could have also been states that strictly prohibit the openly carrying of any kind of weapon such as it is today. First I will cover the open carry of handguns then that of long guns. Today, thirty-one states allow open carry of handguns without the presence of a permit or license, there are fifteen states that require a permit or license to openly carry handguns, six states completely prohibit the open carry of handguns and eight states have other restrictions on openly carrying handguns. In the same sense there are states that restrict the open carry of long guns, such as rifles and shotguns. On the same page as the handguns six states and the District of Columbia completely ban the open carry of long guns, six states restrict the open carry but do not necessarily prohibit it, and the remaining states have a standing of completely legal on the topic of open carry of long guns. If the tenth amendment had specified that the gun control was under the states’ jurisdiction in the first place these areas of prohibition would have been already set in place well before the recent adoptions of licensing systems that have loopholes that allow open carry of handguns and long guns. Also, the states that are passing ordinances that allow the open carry could have avoided all of the paperwork and extra regulations that come with the new ordinances if the rules and regulations along with the states’ rights on carrying of weapons were specifically spelled out within the tenth amendment or the second amendment. The second amendment states that every man has a right to bear arms. It has been interpreted as the right to own a gun for self-defense to apply to the Federal government but was fixed with the fourteenth amendment to apply to the states as