Mississippi

Act of Dec. 18, 1819, 1819 Acts of S.C. 28, 31,

prohibited slaves outside the company of whites or

without written permission from their master from

using or carrying firearms unless they were hunting or

guarding the master's plantation. (Id.)

Act of Mar. 15, 1852, ch.

206, 1852 Laws of Miss. 328 forbade ownership of

firearms by both free blacks and slaves. (JCLC NWU,

p. 797)

Mississippi Statute of 1865 prohibited

blacks, not in the military "and not licensed so to do

by the board of police of his or her county" from

keeping or carrying "fire-arms of any kind, or any

ammunition, dirk or bowie knife." [reprinted in 1

Documentary History of Reconstruction: Political,

Military, Social, Religious, Educational and

Industrial, 1865 to the Present Time, p. 291, (Walter

L. Fleming, ed., 1960.)] (GLJ, p. 344)

Mississippi enacted the first registration law for

retailers in 1906, requiring them to maintain records

of all pistol and pistol ammunition sales, and to make

such records available for inspection on demand.

(Kates, p. 14) (GMU CR LJ, p. 75)