Bowie Trivia...

[St. George]

In the late 1830s, several southern states passed anti-Bowie knife legislation attempting to curtail the manufacture and sale of these knives. In 1837, the Alabama legislature imposed a $100 transfer tax on Bowie knives and stipulated that any killing with a Bowie knife was murder regardless of the circumstances.

 'Concealed Weapon Laws of the Early Republic: Dueling, Southern Violence, and Moral Reform' - by Cramer.

Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 192. ISBN 978-0275966157. 

Vaya,

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[Will Ketchum]

Did they define "Bowie Knife"?  Reminds me of the "Assault Rifle" ban of the Clinton years. 

Will Ketchum

[St. George]

No.

That term was given to pretty much 'every' large knife of the time, thanks to Bowie's write-up in the press.

It was an 'understood' thing...

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