But isn't it strange that it was there in the beginning and no one acknowledged it for about two centuries? EDIT for your edit: Huh? When I was a kid in Texas

But isn't it strange that it was there in the beginning and no one acknowledged it for about two centuries? EDIT for your edit: Huh? When I was a kid in Texas way back in the 90's, it was illegal to carry a gun period. You could take them out hunting or to the range or whatnot, but carrying a gun was illegal. The first concealed handgun law was 1995 if memory serves. Carry bans go back to the colonial era.