12-10-2017, 02:27 PM
Since this topic mainly concerns the ability to extend concealed carry from other states to Hawaii, it got me thinking, what were the laws concerning concealed carry at the time the Constitution and 2nd Amendment were written?
The American Revolution did not sweep away English common law. In fact, most colonies adopted common law as it had been interpreted in the colonies prior to independence, including the ban on traveling armed in populated areas.Thus, there was no general right of armed travel when the Second Amendment was adopted, and certainly no right to travel with concealed weapons. Such a right first emerged in the United States in the slave South decades after the Second Amendment was adopted. Southern murder rates soared as a result.
http://theconversation.com/five-types-of...oved-85364
So if the intentions and laws under which the Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution are used as a guideline, Hawaii is already following the 2nd Amendment guarantees. Perhaps Hawaii should ask that the citizens of other states obey our laws when our residents visit, for the protection and safety of our citizenry?
The Founding Fathers did not intend, or wish for you to carry weapons when you drove and then walked into Pahoa Fresh Fish to order the 3 piece Mahi Mahi.
"Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm." -James Madison, The Federalist Papers, 1787
The American Revolution did not sweep away English common law. In fact, most colonies adopted common law as it had been interpreted in the colonies prior to independence, including the ban on traveling armed in populated areas.Thus, there was no general right of armed travel when the Second Amendment was adopted, and certainly no right to travel with concealed weapons. Such a right first emerged in the United States in the slave South decades after the Second Amendment was adopted. Southern murder rates soared as a result.
http://theconversation.com/five-types-of...oved-85364
So if the intentions and laws under which the Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution are used as a guideline, Hawaii is already following the 2nd Amendment guarantees. Perhaps Hawaii should ask that the citizens of other states obey our laws when our residents visit, for the protection and safety of our citizenry?
The Founding Fathers did not intend, or wish for you to carry weapons when you drove and then walked into Pahoa Fresh Fish to order the 3 piece Mahi Mahi.
"Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm." -James Madison, The Federalist Papers, 1787
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