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11 Aug 2012 —  Citing Source

 

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Laws banning the carrying of concealed weapons were passed in Kentucky and Louisiana in 1813, and other states soon followed

Laws banning the carrying of concealed weapons were passed in Kentucky and Louisiana in 1813, and other states soon followed: Indiana (1820), Tennessee and Virginia (1838), Alabama (1839), and Ohio (1859).

 

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As Adam Winkler, a constitutional-law scholar at U.C.L.A., demonstrates in a remarkably nuanced new book, Gunfight: The Battle Over the Right to Bear Arms in America, firearms have been regulated in the United States from the start. 

 

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…Tennessee and Virginia (1838), Alabama (1839), and Ohio (1859).  (Winkler 45 )

 

Winkler, Adam. Gunfight: The Battle over the Right to Bear Arms in America. W. W. Norton, release date Sep 2011. Print.