Very interesting graphic - but tell me, when it indicates that TX and OK were red, “no issue” states back in the 1980s, does it truly mean that their laws were more restrictive than those of NY state?!!
God created all men equal, Colt kept them that way.
TX law forbade carry, but had an exception for “traveling”. Where “traveling” was defined as meaning whatever the sheriff wanted it to mean.
In practice, whites - particularly those who were friends with the sheriff - would be considered traveling anytime they were off their property, while blacks and damned Yankees would not be considered traveling no matter where they were.
This all changed in the sixties. As a result of the civil rights movement, laws that had been intended to only be enforced against blacks began to be enforced against everybody.