The Mississippi Constitution,[2] like the United States Constitution,[3] acknowledges every citizen’s right to keep and bear arms. “Arms” is commonly accepted to mean firearms (which is the primary weapon discussed in this paper), but the actual definition would include most any implement capable of inflicting serious bodily injury.[4] Unlike the United States Constitution, the Mississippi Constitution expressly reserves in the legislature the right to “regulate or forbid” the carrying of concealed weapons.[5]
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