7-10-1876: “The text of the Constitution, as it now stands, might easily be held as a limitation upon the power of the Legislature, and the practice of carrying concealed weapons be justified under the right so solemnly guaranteed to keep and bear arms”

The Charlotte Democrat, “The text of the Constitution, as it now stands, might easily be held as a limitation upon the power of the Legislature, and the practice of carrying concealed weapons be justified under the right so solemnly guaranteed to keep and bear arms”, July 10, 1876