During the nineteenth century, gun control was almost exclusively a Southern phenomenon. Its main objective was to not allow slaves and free blacks to obtain guns before the Civil War. The only kind of gun control that found favor outside the region was restricting the concealed carrying of handguns. Although openly carrying a weapon, also known as open carry, was considered reasonable and was protected by the Constitution, the carrying of a concealed weapon, also known as concealed carry, was seen as something only someone who was up to know good would do. It was not until the 1920s that the movement to ban handguns began. This movement started in the Northeast and was led by the conservative business establishment. The National Rifle Association,