SOUTH CAROLINA

"An act for the better

ordering and governing of Negroes and slaves." [7

Statutes at Large of South Carolina, p. 353-54 (D.J.

McCord ed. 1836-1873).] (GMU CR LJ, p. 70)

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.)

The state banned all

pistol sales except to sheriffs and their special

deputies, which included the KKK and company

strongmen. (Kates, "Toward a History of Handgun

Prohibition in the United States" in Restricting

Handguns: The Liberal Skeptics Speak Out, p. 15,

1979.) (GMU CR LJ, p. 76)