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So either on this forum or somewhere else I read someone's post where the more I think about it, the more it makes sense.

If the constitution gives us the right to keep and bear arms, why do I have to ask the state for a license to bear those arms? I have the right to keep arms and not ask the government for a license to keep those arms in my house, so why do I have to ask for permission to bear the arms?

The post reply that I read basically indicated that by being licensed we have already started to allow our rights to be taken away.

Does anyone know why we have to be given permission to carry when we already have that right?