DAVID HARDY: OBAMA GOING AFTER RIGHT-TO-CARRY LAWS? “His people are seriously considering a federal ban or restriction on ‘right to carry’ laws. Exactly where the constitutional power to enact such a measure is to be found is less than clear to me. But so are a lot of other things like that.” That seems like it would be a major mistake to me. Plus, the missing assault-weapon ban language reappears. I can think of nothing more likely to generate a nasty backlash than a move like this.