They had concealed carry permits back then?
RE: They had concealed carry permits back then?
From Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concealed_carry_in_the_United_States#History
Laws banning the carrying of concealed weapons were passed in Kentucky and Louisiana in 1813, and other states soon followed: Indiana (1820), Tennessee and Virginia (1838), Alabama (1839), and Ohio (1859). Similar laws were passed in Texas, Florida, and Oklahoma.
SOURCE: Adam Winkler, Gunfight: The Battle Over the Right to Bear Arms in America, 2012, cited in “Battleground America: One nation, under the gun”, The New Yorker, Jill Lepore, April 23, 2012