Collection of Historical Firearm Regulations
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This collection serves as a comprehensive repository for academic research, historical documentation, and case studies related to firearm regulations. It focuses on the evolution of firearm laws, their interpretations across different jurisdictions, and their historical impact on society. This collection offers valuable resources for scholars, legal experts, and researchers interested in the legal frameworks surrounding firearm regulation.
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Item Open Access 1854 Wash. Sess. Laws 80, An Act Relative to Crimes and Punishments, and Proceedings in Criminal Cases, ch. 2, § 30.(General Publisher, 1854)Prohibited exhibiting, in a rude, angry, or threatening manner, a pistol, Bowie knife, or other dangerous weapon. Punishable by imprisonment up to 1 year and a fine up to $500.Item Open Access 1859 Wash. Sess. Laws 109, ch. 2, § 30(General Publisher, 1859)Prohibited exhibiting, in a rude, angry, or threatening manner, a pistol, Bowie knife, or other dangerous weapon. Punishable by imprisonment up to 1 year and a fine up to $500.Item Open Access 1862 Terr. of Wash. Stat. 284, ch. 2, § 30(General Publisher, 1862)Prohibited displaying any pistol, Bowie-knife, or other dangerous weapon to a crowd of two or more pesons in a rude, angry, or threatening manner.Item Open Access 1864 Id. Sess. Laws 442, An Act Concerning Crimes and Punishments, § 40(General Publisher, 1864)Prohibited brandishing any dirk, dirk-knife, sword, sword-cane, pistol, gun, or other deadly weapon in the presence of two or more persons in a rude, angry, or threatening manner. Violators fined not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars.Item Open Access 1867 Ariz. Sess. Laws 21(General Publisher, 1867)Prohibited brandishing in a rude or threatening manner, any dirk, dirk-knife, Bowie-knife, pistol, gun, or other deadly weapon. Also prohibited fighting or quarrelling with the same. Violators fined not less than one hundred but no more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned not less than one but no more than six months, or both.Item Open Access 1868 Ark. Acts 218, Acts of the General Assembly of Arkansas, § 12(General Publisher, 1868)Any person who threatens or draws a pistol, gun, or other deadly weapon upon a sheriff or other officer executing a civil or criminal process shall be deemed guilty of a felony, imprisoned in the pentitentiary not less than one nor more than five years.Item Open Access 1868 Ark. Acts 218, Acts of the General Assembly of Arkansas, § 13(General Publisher, 1868)Any person who draws a pistol, gun, or any other deadly weapon on any other person or citizen for the purpose of frightening or intimidation from lawful acts when not justified in self-defense. Violators guilty of a high misdemeanor, fined not less than five hundred nor more than one thousand dollars, and imprisoned for twelve months.Item Open Access 1869 Wash. Sess. Laws 203–04, ch. 2, § 32(General Publisher, 1869)Prohibited exhibiting, in a rude, angry, or threatening manner, a pistol, Bowie knife, or other dangerous weapon. Punishable by imprisonment up to 1 year and a fine up to $500.Item Open Access 1870 Id. Sess. Laws 21, An Act to Amend an Act Concerning Crimes and Punishment . . ., § 40(General Publisher, 1870)prohibited brandishing any dirk, dirk knife, sword, sword cane, pistol, gun, or other deadly weapon in a rude, angry, and threatening manner.Item Open Access 1872 Cleveland Gen. Ordinances 102, An Ordinance to Prevent the Careless Use of Fire-Arms, § 1(General Publisher, 1872)That any person who shall intentionally, without malice, point or aim any fire-arm at or toward any other person, shall be subject to a fine of not less than five dollars, nor more than fifty dollars.Item Open Access 1873 Nev. Stat. 118, ch. 62, § 1.(General Publisher, 1873)Any person in this State, having, carrying, or procuring from another person, any dirk, dirk knife, sword, sword cane, pistol, gun, or other deadly weapon, who shall in the presence of two or more persons, draw or exhibit any of said deadly weapons, in a rude, angry, or threatening manner, not in necessary self-defense, or who shall in any manner unlawfully use the same in any fight or quarrel, the person or persons so offending shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding five hundred dollars, or shall be imprisoned in the County Jail for a term not exceeding six monthsItem Open Access 1875 Ind. Acts 62, ch. 17, § 1(General Publisher, 1875)Prohibited the drawing or threatening to use a pistol, dirk, knife, slungshot, or any other deadly or dangerous weapon. Punishable by fine of $1-500, and potentially imprisonment up to 6 months.Item Open Access 1877 Mo. Laws 240, An Act to preserve the public peace by preventing the display of knives and other deadly weapons in the presence of one or more persons, § 1(General Publisher, 1877)Prohibited the brandishing, in a rude angry, or threatening manner, any firearms, Bowie-knife, dirk, dagger, slung-shot, or other deadly weapon. Violators guilty of a misdemeanor, fined not lesss than ten but no more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned not exceeding six months, or both.Item Open Access 1880–81 Ga. Pub. Laws 154, An Act to make Penal the Intentional Pointing, or Aiming of Fire-arms at Another, whether Loaded or Unloaded, § 1(General Publisher, 1880)Prohibited pointing a gun or pistol, loaded or unloaded, at another. Violators guilty of a misdemeanor.Item Open Access 1881 Ind. Acts 191, ch. 37, § 81(General Publisher, 1881)Prohibited drawing or threatening to use any pistol, dirk, knife, slung-shot, or any other deadly or dangerous weapon. Violators guilty of a misdemeanor, fined not less than one but no more than five hundred dollars. Violators may also be subject to imprisonment not exceeding six months.Item Open Access 1882 N.M. Gen. Laws 313, ch. 61, Deadly Weapons. Act of 1869, Ch. 32, § 4.(General Publisher, 1882)Any person who shall draw a deadly weapon on another, or who shall handle a deadly weapon in a threatening manner at or towards another, in any part of this Territory, except in the lawful defense of himself, his family, or his property, or by order of legal authority, upon conviction thereof before the proper tribunal, shall, for each offense, be fined in a sum not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than seventy-five dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term of not less than twenty days or more than sixty days, or be punished by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the jury trying the case. § 5. Any person who shall draw or use any deadly weapon in any ball, dance, or other public gathering of the people, or near where any election authorized by law is being held in any part of the Territory, except it be in the lawful defense of himself, his family, or his property, or in obedience to legal authority, shall, upon conviction before the proper tribunal, be punished by a fine not less than fifty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars for each offense, or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term of not less than one month nor more than three months for each offense, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the jury trying the cause.Item Open Access 1882 Wyo. Sess. Laws 174, ch. 81(General Publisher, 1882)Prohibited the exhibition of any kind of firearm, bowie knife, dirk, dagger, slung shot, or other deadly weapon in a rude, angry, or threatening manner not necessary for self defense of his person, his family, or property. Violators guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not less than ten but no more than five hundred dollars, or imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months or by both such fine and imprisonment.Item Open Access 1883 Ind. Acts 1712, Pointing or Aiming Firearms a Misdemeanor, chap. 87, § 6678(General Publisher, 1883)Prohibited anyone over the age of ten to purposefully point any pistol, gun revolver, or other firearm, loaded or unloaded at or toward any other person. Violators fined not less than five hundred dollars.Item Open Access 1884 Wyo. Terr. Sess. Laws, ch. 67, § 1, as codified in Wyo. Rev. Stat., Crimes (1887): Exhibiting deadly weapon in angry manner. § 983(General Publisher, 1884)Prohibited exhibiting in a threatening manner a fire-arm, Bowie knife, dirk, dagger, slungshot or other deadly weapon. Punishable by fine of $10-100 or imprisonment up to 6 months.Item Open Access 1887 N.M. Laws 56, ch. 30, § 2(General Publisher, 1887)Any person who shall draw a deadly weapon or another, or who shall handle a deadly weapon in a threatening manner, at or towards another, in any part of this territory, except it be in the lawful defense of himself, his family or his property, or under legal authority, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in any sum not less than one hundred dollars, nor more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment at hard labor in the county fail or territorial penitentiary not less than three months nor more than eighteen months, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court or jury trying the same.