Carry permits are issued by state law. They have nothing to do with the constitution....which does not say that criminals or the insane can't have guns either. *
*Not that the NRA has a problem there, either.
http://www.vpc.org/studies/felons.htm
*Not that the NRA has a problem there, either.
http://www.vpc.org/studies/felons.htm
Quote:The National Rifle Association (NRA) claims that it supports vigorous enforcement of our nation's gun laws and efforts to keep guns out of the hands of criminals. Yet the NRA has actually worked to put guns back into criminals' hands. Following is the saga of the federal "relief from disability" program. The NRA has worked to expand and protect this guns-for-felons program that has rearmed thousands of convicted—and often violent—felons.