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1838 — Arkansas — Racial Gun Control

William McK. Ball & Sam. C. Roane, Revised Statutes of the State of Arkansas, Adopted at the October Session of the General Assembly of Said State, A. D. 1837, in the Year of Our Independence the Sixty-second, and of the State of Second Year Page 587 (1838)

Prohibited free Blacks from posessing firearms or ammunition without a license.

AR
1838

Allowed Key West to regulate gunpowder storage.

FL
1838

1838 — Florida — Arms Dealer Taxation

1838 Fla. L. chap. 24, p. 36

Any person who wished to sell dirks, pistols, sword canes, or bowie knives must pay an annual $200 tax. All...

FL
1838

Regulated gunpowder as freight on ships.

IA
1838

1838 — UNC, North Carolina — Campus Restriction

Acts of the General Assembly and Ordinances of the Trustees, for the Organization and Government of the University of North Carolina 15 (1838)

Prohibited students keeping guns on campus. Students may not use firearms without permission from the President of the college.

NC
1838

Prohibited the practice of dueling. If a death ensues in a duel, the surviving party was to be charged with...

RI
1838

1838 — Tennessee — Bowie Knife Transfer

1837-8 Tenn. L. chap. 137, pp. 200-01

Prohibited the sale or transfer of bowie knives. Also prohibited their carry. Maliciously drawing a knife for the purpose of...

TN
1838

1838 — Virginia — Habitual Carry

1838 Va. L. chap. 101, pp 76-77

This law made it illegal to habitually or generally carry concealed any pistol, dirk, bowie knife, or similar weapon.

VA
1838

1838 — Wisconsin — Concealed Carry

Statutes of the Territory of Wisconsin 381 (1839)

Prohibited carrying weapon without reasonable cause to fear attack.

WI
1838