Prince Yamato
Member
As I prepared to test for my CCW I began to think about the implementation of the laws and in specific, when did carrying a gun become unacceptable? For example, Texas passed their CHL laws in ~1995. Texans have always had a stereotype of being cowboys and gunslingers. So from whence did Texans go from being open-carry cowboys to losing the right to carry to voting for it again in 1995- what happened in between? Let's take this to a broader prospective- nationally, when did carrying a gun become unacceptable and when were the laws passed that prohibited carry? My intuition tells me it was in the 1960s. I know at the turn of the 20th century, gentlemen frequently carried AOWs such as cane guns. I know these were regulated by the Federal Firearms act of 1934. But pistols must have still been acceptable as a method of carry, correct? Are there any members old enough to recall the change. I'm also interested in different geographic prospectives. For instance I suspect that someone from rural Alabama will have a different recollection than someone from New England on this (unless you live in Vermont of course... you lucky bastards )