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<blockquote data-quote="Dave70968" data-source="post: 2539118" data-attributes="member: 13624">&quot;Constitutional carry&quot; is a term with a generally-recognized meaning.&nbsp; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_Carry" target="_blank">Wikipedia&#039;s page defines</a> it as Other sources may vary slightly in wording, but are materially similar: carry is allowed without any sort of permission slip from the government.&nbsp; Vermont was the first state to have true constitutional carry.&nbsp; From the same page:&nbsp;&nbsp; Several other states have expanded their carry laws to allow constitutional carry.Yes, there is still the restriction on felons (and DV misdemeanants) possessing firearms (this is Federal law, though often mirrored by the states).&nbsp; This is not typically held to offend the concept of constitutional carry, as the law-abiding are not affected.&nbsp; That said, there are those of us--including myself--who believe that once you&#039;ve served your time, you ought to once again be a free man, entitled to all the rights and privileges thereof, and that continuing prohibitions on any sort of right (including firearms) past the end of the sentence is inappropriate.&nbsp; That&#039;s a topic of considerable debate, and I don&#039;t mean to address it here.&nbsp; I merely mean to point out the disconnect between your stated preference for a permit system with your statement that &quot;constitutional carry [i.e. no permit required] works fine.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dave70968, post: 2539118, member: 13624"] "Constitutional carry" is a term with a generally-recognized meaning. [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_Carry"]Wikipedia's page defines[/URL] it as Other sources may vary slightly in wording, but are materially similar: carry is allowed without any sort of permission slip from the government. Vermont was the first state to have true constitutional carry. From the same page: Several other states have expanded their carry laws to allow constitutional carry. Yes, there is still the restriction on felons (and DV misdemeanants) possessing firearms (this is Federal law, though often mirrored by the states). This is not typically held to offend the concept of constitutional carry, as the law-abiding are not affected. That said, there are those of us--including myself--who believe that once you've served your time, you ought to once again be a free man, entitled to all the rights and privileges thereof, and that continuing prohibitions on any sort of right (including firearms) past the end of the sentence is inappropriate. That's a topic of considerable debate, and I don't mean to address it here. I merely mean to point out the disconnect between your stated preference for a permit system with your statement that "constitutional carry [i.e. no permit required] works fine." [/QUOTE]

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