The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-11-30

wave Of public sentiment Is aroused
,iu oppaSiti"n to The t"r";riou> p.ac-
tice, thlt Viii sw""r 'h' resGv ana
.aauger i-;o' ifnn the u 'cliet Of
every .,-r. whi "r l'."'>, ard thus
save hund .rI- -! Ives sacrificed
anuurlly t. the deadly concealed
weapon.
We lrrvn been wni'ing fnr our bro
ther' OF .'he quill. Of more ripe cxpe-
Irienca. to irtro lu,.p some measure or
|plan in d-.foi'" shape. looking to
the putting drwu rf hc pistol. But,
wh;!c & lite uuubcf of our eX-
changes have shown by their editOri-
nj commcntS shat they nre ready to
/ in in and h",r push y fight against
the concealed weapon, they hesitate
10 make hraak. We did not begin
this thing with the intention or eX
p,ctation OF leading the fight but we
certainly wish to sec The fight organ
ized and pushed in earnest, we want
no lukewarm, half-handei endorsers,
but those who will stand by and make
it fight to the finish. We think
right here is the trouble that has
stood in the way Of arousing public
sentiment against the evil while the
pistol daily belches forth its death
dealing bullet-lukewarm effort. One
newspaper or another will occasionally
step to the front and remark that
tho practice of carrying concealed
weapons is terrible meanaco to the
lives Of the people, that it is dealing
death upon every hand and that
something should be done to put
a stop to it. Various other pa
pcrs will nod assent, and this is
about as far as it gets, when it goes
down 10 rest until some other fellow
comes along, takes hold Of the string
and pulls the corpse TO the surface
again and again the other fellows nod
as they recognize the familiar subject.
This kind of thing has gone OH long
enough. AS it is up again we propose
to help hold it up in the face OF our
readers and our legislators until
there is something done one way or
the other, the thing is a farce as it is.
Better have the law wiped from the
statutes entirely If it or some other
cannot be enforced. No use tieing
the hands Of the law abiding citizen
SO he can be shot down by the first
thug who takes notion to do so.
The violation OF the law should be
declared felony, and the violator
subject to good long term In the
penitentiary.
In lieu Of something better we
move that the present law against
carrying concealed weapons be amen
ded so as to include the following:
In addition to the lisence on selling
pistol cartridges, tax Of 81 shall be
paid by every merchant, or other per-
son keeping fire arms for sale, for
every pistol Or revolver, OF whatever
design he has in stock or offers for
sale.
That no minor shall be allowed to
purchase pistol or revolver. That
it be made compulsory upon the pur-
chaser 10 show his poll tax receipt.
The party selling the weapon shall
record the sale, the number and maze
OF the weapon, the name Of the pur-
chaser and the date OF his poll tax
receipt, also date Of the sale.
The purchaser shall be required to
record the weapon, its number and
make and date of purchase, in the
Office Of the Clerk Of Court, in a
book provided and kept for that cs-
pecinl purpose. And he shall be re-
quired TO pay fifty cents for this re-
coclng; twenty-five cents Of which
amount shall be turned over to the
County superintendent Of education
by the Clerk Of Court, who will take
receipt for the same. This amount
shall he !urned into the school fund
OF the county. The remaining TWEEN
ty-ive cents shall be retained by the
Clerk Of Court as his fee. This re-
cord shall be made within twenty
four hours after purchase CT weapon.
That every owner Of pistol or re-
volver, Of whatever design or make