Re: Bans on carrying handguns, except "only in [one's] hands"

On Apr 30, 2009, at 6:33 PM, Volokh, Eugene wrote: Andrews v. State, 50 Tenn. 165 (1871), struck down a statute banning open carrying of handguns, on the grounds that the state right to bear arms provision protected such carrying. But in State v. Wilburn, 66 Tenn. 57 (1872), the court upheld a

Bans on carrying handguns, except "only in [one's] hands"

Andrews v. State, 50 Tenn. 165 (1871), struck down a statute banning open carrying of handguns, on the grounds that the state right to bear arms provision protected such carrying. But in State v. Wilburn, 66 Tenn. 57 (1872), the court upheld a similar statute because it had exactly one exception-f