As of 2021, people who qualify under the law can carry a handgun in a public place in Texas without a license to carry (LTC). A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.The Supreme Court recognizes that the Second Amendment is compatible with strong firearm regulations and gun safety. The Court ruled that New York's law requiring a license to carry concealed weapons in public places is unconstitutional. We can protect the Second Amendment while also protecting our friends, family members, and neighbors from gun violence. Our lives depend on it. As a lifelong hunter and gun owner, I believe in a law-abiding individual's right to own a firearm. When firearm regulation is challenged under the Second. Amendment Two to the Constitution was ratified on December 15, 1791. It protects the right for Americans to possess weapons for the protection of themselves.