Missouri
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This collection serves as a dedicated repository for academic research, historical documentation, and case studies related to Missouri. It focuses on the historical evolution, cultural developments, and legal frameworks within the state of Missouri. This collection offers valuable resources for scholars, researchers, and individuals interested in the rich heritage and historical significance of Missouri.
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Item Open Access The Municipal Code of St. Louis (St. Louis: Woodward 1901), p.738, ch. 18, art. 2, § 1471(General Publisher, 1892)it shall not be lawful for any person to wear under his clothes, or concealed about his person, any pistol or revolver, colt, billy, slung shot, cross knuckles, or knuckles of lead, brass or other metal, bowie knife, razor, dirk knife, dirk, dagger, or any knife resembling a bowie knife or any other dangerous or deadly weapon, within the City of St. Louis, without written permission from the mayorItem Open Access Charles S. Shepherd (Editor), The General Ordinances of the City of Saint Joseph (A City of the Second Class) Embracing All Ordinances of General Interest In Force July 15, 1897, Together With the Laws of the State of Missouri of a General Nature Applicable to the City of St. Joseph 508 (1897), § 7(General Publisher, 1897)Prohibited the carrying of a concealed pistol or revolver, colt, billy, slungshot, cross knuckles or knuckles of lead, brass or other metal, dirk, dagger, razor, Bowie knife, or any knife resembling a Bowie knife, or any other dangerous or deadly weapon.Item Open Access The Revised Ordinances of the City of Huntsville, Missouri of 1894, at 58-59 (1894)(General Publisher, 1894)Prohibited the concealed carry of any deadly or dangerous weapon or any kind of fire-arms, Bowie-knife, dirk, dagger, slung-shot, or other deadly weapon into any church, or place where people have assembled for religious worship, or into any school room or place where people are assembled for educational, literary, or social purposes, or to any election precinct on election day, into any court-room during the sitting of court, or into any other public assemblage. Also prohibited the brandishing of any above weapons, or carrying above weapon while intoxicated.Item Open Access Chapter XVII: Carrying Concealed Weapons—Firing Guns, Pistols, Fire Crackers, Etc., May 22, 1890, reprinted in General Ordinances of the Town of Columbia, in Boone County, Missouri, at 34, 35 (Lewis M. Switzler ed., 1890)(General Publisher, 1890)Regulated discharge of firearms or other explosive compounds within Columbia city limits. Also regulated sensitive places while conceal carrying, including: Any church or assemblage of religious worship, any school, any assemblage for educational, literary, or social purpose, or any other public assemblage for any lawful purpose other than military, militia, or law enforcement purposes.Item Open Access Carrying Deadly Weapons, Discharging Fire-Arms, etc., Ch. 12, Art. 3, § 52 in The Revised Ordinances of the City of Bloomfield (1898).(General Publisher, 1898)It shall be unlawful for any person in this city, except he be a police officer of this city or other officer in the discharge of his official duty, to discharge or fire off any gun, pistol or fire-arms of any description within the corporate limits of this city, and every person violating this section, shall, upon conviction, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and punished by a fine of not less than five nor more than twenty dollars, or by imprisonment in the city calaboose not exceeding twenty days."Item Open Access Carrying Deadly Weapons, Discharging Fire-Arms, etc., Ch. 12, Art. 3, § 50 in The Revised Ordinances of the City of Bloomfield (1898).(General Publisher, 1898)If any person shall carry concealed upon or about his person any deadly or dangerous weapon, or shall go into any church or place, within this city, where people are assembled for religious worship, or into any school room or place where people are assembled in this city, for educational, or social purposes, or to any election precinct, in this city on any election day, or into any court room during the sitting of court, or into any other public assemblage of persons, in this city, met for any lawful purpose other than for malitia [sic] drill, or meeting called under the militia laws of this State, having upon or about his person any kind of firearms, bowieknife [sic], dirk, dagger, slung shot or other deadly weapon, or shall, in the presence of one or more persons, exhibit any such weapon in a rude, angry or threatening manner, or shall have or carry any such weapon upon or about his person when intoxicated, or under the influence of intoxicating drinks, or shall, directly or indirectly, sell or deliver, loan or barter to any minor any such weapon, without the consent of the parent or guardian of such minor, he shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than two hundred dollars, or by imprisment [sic] in the city calaboose, or city jail not less than five days nor more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.Item Open Access 1899 Mo. Rev. Stat. 1752 vol. 2, ch. 107, art. 3, § 7457(General Publisher, 1899)No person, corporation or joint-stock company shall, on and after ten days after this article shall take effect, have retain or keep in his possession or under his or her control, nor sell, give away or in any manner or way dispose of dynamite, giant powder, nitro-glycerine or any explosive substance, except gunpowder and blasting powder for ordinary purposes, without first obtaining a permit authorizing the same from the clerk of the county court, or mayor of the city of St. Louis, in whichever county or city such applicant may desire to do such business, nor without first making and delivering the affidavit required by the next succeeding section of this article.]Item Open Access “Shot by a Trap Gun,” The -South Bend Tribune, Feb. 11, 1891(General Publisher, 1891)Fined farmer $50 for setting a trap gun that killed his wife.