I’m just amazed that some states decide not to adhere to the Constitution. And it’s OK.
Of course, the federal government doesn’t adhere to the Constitution either.
The American Republic will endure, until politicians realize they can bribe the people with their own money. -- Alexis de Tocqueville
Good intentions will always be pleaded for every assumption of authority. It is hardly too strong to say that the Constitution was made to guard the people against the dangers of good intentions. There are men in all ages who mean to govern well, but they mean to govern. They promise to be good masters, but they mean to be masters. -- Daniel Webster
When all government ...in little as in great things... shall be drawn to Washington as the center of all power; it will render powerless the checks provided of one government on another, and will become as venal and oppressive as the government from which we separated." -- Thomas Jefferson, 1821
The founders told us what was in our future but we're too stupid to see it.So buckle up,enjoy the ride,all the way to the crash site. (But I feel so good about myself.)
It is rooted in the history of slavery in the U.S. and the Civil War/ War between the States.
Constitutional Carry was the law everywhere in the U.S. for a generation after the ratification of the Bill of Rights.
Then the Supreme Court ruled the Bill of Rights did not apply to state governments.
There were a few laws passed against concealed carry.
Then the Civil War. After the war, the southern states worked to keep freed blacks disarmed.
Then, Progressivism became dominant. Progressives believe any restriction on government power is immoral.
FDR and Truman, with four terms, packed the court with believers in Progressivism.
And here we are.