SCOTTY McLOED's ASTONISHING DISCOVERY. This article states that the authority to carry firearms outside the District of Columbia was given to the State Department by a law awaiting the Presidents signature. The authority was administered by the Secretary of State. (Public Law 104, 84th Congress, First Session). Scotty McLoed would die in November of 1961 of a heart attack at the age of 47 six weeks before Bud Uanna died of a heart attack at age 52.