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 1 Fed. Reg. 668, 674, National Park Service Rules and Regulations (1936) § 8(General Publisher, 1936)Prohibited firearms, explosives, traps, seines, and nets within the parks and monuments under federal control.Item Open Access 1820 N.H. Laws 861, An Act for Forming, Arranging and Regulating the Militia, § 44, art. 15.(General Publisher, 1820)If any non-commissioned officer or private shall come on to any parade with his musket, rifle, or pistol loaded with powder and ball, slugs or shot, he shall for such offence forfeit not less than two nor more than ten dollars[.]Item Open Access 1870 Ga. Laws 421, title XVI, no. 285, § 1(General Publisher, 1870)Prohibiting carrying “any dirk, bowie-knife, pistol or revolver, or any kind of deadly weapon, to any court of justice, or any election ground or precinct, or any place of public worship, or any other public gathering in this State, except militia muster-grounds."Item Open Access 1870 La. Acts 159 - 60, An Act to Regulate the Conduct and to Maintain the Freedom of Party Election . . ., § 73(General Publisher, 1870)Prohibited the carrying of a concealed or open gun, pistol, Bowie knife or other dangerous weapon on an election day during the hours the polls are open or during registration. Punishable by fine of minimum $100 and imprisonment of minimum 1 month.Item Open Access 1870 Tex. Gen. Laws 139, ch. 73(General Publisher, 1870)Prohibited carrying “any gun, pistol, bowie-knife or other dangerous weapon, concealed or unconcealed,” within a half mile of a polling place while the polls are open.Item Open Access 1870 Tex. Gen. Laws 63, ch. 46, § 1; An Act Regulating the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, Aug. 12, 1870, reprinted in 2 A Digest of the Laws of Texas: Containing the Laws in Force, and the Repealed Laws on Which Rights Rest from 1864 to 1872, at 1322 (George W. Paschal 1873)(General Publisher, 1870)Banned carry of any bowie-knife, dirk, or butcher-knife, or firearms,whether known as a six-shooter, gun, or pistol of any kind at any church or religious assembly, any school-room or other place where persons are assembled fo reducational, literary, or scientific purposes, or into a ball room,social party, or other social gathering, composed of ladies and gentleman, or to any election precinct on the day or days of any election, where any portion of the people of this state are collected to vote at any election, or to any other place where people may be assembled to muster or to perform any other public duty, or any other public assemblyItem Open Access 1871 Tex. Laws 25, ch. 34, § 3(General Publisher, 1871)Prohibited carry of pistol, other firearm, dirk, dagger, slung-shot, sword-cane, spear, brass knuckles, Bowie-knife, any other knife for offense or defense in public assemblies for education or amusement, ball rooms, social parties, elections, locatons for muster. Violators guilty of a misdmemeanor punishable by fine no less than fifty but not more than five hundred dollars and forfeiture of the weapon. Subsequent violations shall also be jailed for no more than ninety days.Item Open Access 1874 Mo. Laws 43, An Act to prevent the carrying of concealed weapons § 1(General Publisher, 1874)Prohibited concealed carry of any fire-arms, Bowie-knife, dirk, dagger, slung-shot, or other deadly weapon in any church, place of religious worship, school-room, assembly for educational, literary, or social purpose, election precincts on election day, or court-room while court is in session.Item Open Access 1875 Mo. Laws 50-51, An Act to prevent the carrying of weapons in public assemblies of the people, and to repeal "An Act to prevent the carrying of concealed weapons," approved March 26, 1874, § 1(General Publisher, 1875)Prohibited concealed carry of any fire-arms, Bowie-knife, dirk, dagger, slung-shot, or other deadly weapon in any church, place of religious worship, school-room, assembly for educational, literary, or social purpose, election precincts on election day, or court-room while court is in session, or into any other public assemblage of persons met for purposes other than miltiia drill or under militia law.Item Open Access 1875 Va. Acts 102, ch. 124(General Publisher, 1875)Prohibited the carry of any gun, pistol, Bowie knife, dagger, or other dangerous weapon into places of public worship without sufficient cause.Item Open Access 1875 Wyo. Terr. Sess. Laws ch. 52, §1(General Publisher, 1875)Prohibited the carry of any firearm or other deadly weapon with any city, town, or village.Item Open Access 1879 Tex. Crim. Stat. tit. IX, Ch. 4, Art. 320(General Publisher, 1879)Prohibited carry of a pistol, other firearm, dirk, dagger, slung-shot, sword-cane, spear, brass-knuckles, bowie-knife, or any other kind of a knife manufactured and sold for the purposes of offense and defense into any church, religious assembly, school room, or other place where persons are assembled for amusement or for educational or scientific purposes, or into any circus, show, or public exhibition of any kind, or into a ball-room. Violators fined not less than fifty nor more than five hundred dollars and shall forfeit the weapon.Item Open Access 1883 Mo. Laws 76, An Act to Amend Section 1274, Article 2, Chapter 24 of the Revised Statutes of Missouri, Entitled “Of Crimes And Criminal Procedure” § 1274(General Publisher, 1883)Prohibited the carrying of a concealed fire arms, Bowie knife, dirk, dagger, slungshot, or other deadly weapon to a church, school, election site, or other public setting or carrying in a threatening manner or while intoxicated. Punishable by fine of $25-200 and/or by imprisonment up to 6 months.Item Open Access 1885 Mo. Laws 140, An Act to amend an act entitled "an act to amend section 1274, article 2, chapter 24 of the revised statutes of Missouri, entitled 'of crimes and criminal procedure,'" § 1(General Publisher, 1885)Prohibited the concealed carry of any deadly or dangerous 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 any election day, or into any court room during the sitting of court, or into any other public asssemblage for militia lawful purposes. Prohibited weapons include any firearm, Bowie-knife, dirk, dagger, slung-shot, or other deadly weapon.Item Open Access 1886 Md. Laws 315, An Act to Prevent the Carrying of Guns, Pistols, Dirk-knives, Razors, Billies or Bludgeons by any Person in Calvert County, on the Days of Election in said County, Within One Mile of the Polls § 1(General Publisher, 1886)Prohibited the carrying of a gun, pistol, dirk, dirk-knife, razor, billy or bludgeon on an election day within 300 yards of the polls. Punishable by fine of $10-50.Item Open Access 1886 Md. Laws 315, ch 189, § 1(General Publisher, 1886)Prohibited the carrying of a gun, pistol, dirk, dirk-knife, razor, billy or bludgeon on an election day. Punishable by a fine of $10-50.Item Open Access 1889 Ariz. Sess. Laws 16-17, No. 13, § 3(General Publisher, 1889)Prohibiting carrying “a pistol or other firearm, dirk, dagger, slung shot, sword cane, spear, brass knuckles, bowie knife, or any other kind of a knife manufactured and sold for the purposes of offense or defense” to “any church or religious assembly, any school room, or other place where persons are assembled for amusement or for educational or scientific purposes, or into any circus, show or public exhibition of any kind, or to a ball room, social party or social gathering, or to any election precinct on the day or days of any election, where any portion of the people of this Territory are collected to vote at any election, or to any other place where people may be assembled to minister or to perform any other public duty, or to any other public assembly."Item Open Access 1889 Mo. Rev. Stat. 854, ch. 47, § 3502(General Publisher, 1889)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. Also prohibited the transfer of the above weapons to any minor. Violators fined not less than fifty but no more than two hundred dollars, or imprisonment not less than five days but no more than six month.Item Open Access 1890 Okla. Stat. 496, ch. 25, art. 47, § 7(General Publisher, 1890)It shall be unlawful for any person, except a peace officer, to carry into any church or religious assembly, any school room or other place where persons are assembled for public worship, for amusement, or for educational or scientific purposes, or into any circus, show or public exhibition of any kind, or into any ball room, or to any party or social gathering, or to any election, or to any place where intoxicating liquors are sold, or to any political convention, or to any other public assembly, any of the weapons designated in sections one and two of this article.Item Open Access 1893 Okla. Terr. Stat. 504, ch. 25, art 45, § 7(General Publisher, 1893)Prohibits any person from carrying into any church, religious assembly, or assembly of public worship, amusement, or for educational or scientific purposes, or any circuis, show or public exhibition of any kind, or into any ball room, social party, or social gathering, or to any election, place where intoxicating liquors are sold, political convention, or any other public assembly. Applies to any pistol, revolver, Bowie knife, dirk knife, loaded cane, billy, metal knuckles, or any other offensive or defensive weapon.