The class of cases to
which the constitutional provision applies is widely different from the right of
a private citizen to bear, concealed about his person, deadly weapons or arms.
In the one, they are kept and carried in conformity with the Constitution and
laws of the United States, with a certain specific object in view; in the other,
they are kept and carried for private purposes, wholly independent of any
constitutional regulation, and to answer private ends, wh[i]ch have no bearing
upon the security of the State[.] If this idea be correct, then it follows that
when arms are not kept or used for the defense of the State or Federal
government, the manner of carrying and mode of using them are subject to the
control and authority Of the State Legislature.
State v. Buzzard, 4 Ark. (2 Pike) 18 (1842)
