Unless you've spent the past couple of weeks hermetically sealed in a mayonnaise jar under Funk & Wagnalls' porch, you know the state of Arizona has been doing some interesting and possibly historical things.

First—and, to my way of thinking, foremost—is the passage of a new law mandating what I started calling "Vermont Carry" a quarter century ago, and which others have subsequently called "Alaska Carry" and even "Constitutional Carry". What it means—whatever you choose to call it—is that, in Arizona, you don't need anybody's knowledge or consent to carry a weapon in your daily activities any way you want.