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Was their a law in US history that made it illegal for blacks to own guns?
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There were a number of laws passed during the slavery years which prohibited slaves from owning guns. Black Codes passed in the former Confederate states after the Civil War required licensing for blacks to obtain firearms, which was difficult to obtain. After the Civil Rights Act of 1866 was passed by Congress, Alabama was the first state to specifically forbid blacks to own firearms, with a number of former Confederate states soon following suit. The northern states weren't really much better. After the trial of Ossian Sweet in Detroit, Michigan passed the Public Acts of 1927, which established "gun boards" to determine who could or could not own a firearm in the state of Michigan. It was actually a response to political pressure from the Ku Klux Klan, who wanted these boards established to ensure blacks in Michigan could not obtain firearms.
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