Trained, Trusted, and Vetted, But Still Unarmed: The Army is Bucking Congress and the Court by Continuing to Prohibit Concealed Carry

Authors

Major Jonathon L. Krisko

Abstract

The constitutional right to bear arms in public for self-defense is not “a second-class right, subject to an entirely different body of rules than the other Bill of Rights guarantees.” We know of no other constitutional right that an individual may exercise only after demonstrating to government officers some special need. That is not how the First Amendment works when it comes to unpopular speech or the free exercise of religion. It is not how the Sixth Amendment works when it comes to a defendant’s right to confront the witnesses against him. And it is not how the Second Amendment works when it comes to public carry for self-defense.¹ 

Recommended Citation

Major Jonathon L. Krisko, Trained, Trusted, and Vetted, But Still Unarmed: The Army is Bucking Congress and the Court by Continuing to Prohibit Concealed Carry, 130 Dick. L. Rev. 605 (2026).
Available at: https://insight.dickinsonlaw.psu.edu/dlr/vol130/iss2/6