This page is a comprehensive list and text of peace-bond statutes in America before and during the 14th Amendment period. Their side claims these laws show that open carry has never been lawful in America, based on these peace-bond laws. This is not the permanent location for this page. It will migrate to a law school soon. I would appreciate you looking it over for typos and broken links.
Added a table of contents to the front. If things have seemed a bit odd the last couple hours, this may explain it.
I noticed those when working on my compendium of when the first carry laws were enacted in each state and I didn't count those, although for my revision I will include them.
ReplyDeleteMy understanding of these laws is that they were the contemporary equivalent of a restraining order or "red flag" law. Only a liar or someone who failed reading comprehension would take them as a total ban. I haven't seen anyone present any compelling evidence the laws were used to totally disarm the public. It's like misconstruing NY's 1860 statutes on carrying a concealed dirk as being equivalent to the concealed firearm recommendation the legislature rejected from the penal code committee.
Again I want to thank you for everything you've done to give those of us following behind an easier path.
The link to Beccara's amicus brief is broken. It should be:
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John: That's Young v. Hawaii, which may contain the same errors, but not Baird v. Becerra.
ReplyDeleteClayton: I corrected some minor technical errors in the link that was originally there to get it to stop 404'ing - I have no idea whether the original link was to the correct brief or not... :)
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