Weird. Most states don’t require a permit.
Anyway, good for them.
It’s somewhat odd but several Southern states that are very CCW-friendly have tight restrictions or bans on open carry, including South Carolina, Arkansas, Florida, and Texas. My guess is that those laws may be left over from Reconstruction or be post-Reconstruction Jim Crow laws, as the Democrats didn’t want black people to be able to defend themselves.
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