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 1750 Mass. Acts 544, An Act for Preventing and Suppressing of Riots, Routs and Unlawful Assemblies, ch. 17, § 1(General Publisher, 1750)Prohibited the carrying of a club or other weapon while unlawfully, riotously, or tumultuously assembling. Punishable by seizing the weapon and a hearing before the court.Item Open Access 1786 Mass. Acts 87, ch. 38(General Publisher, 1786)Prohibited being armed with clubs or other weapons while in a group of twelve or more and "unlawfully, routously, riotously, or tumutluously assembled."Item Open Access 1792 Laws Passed in the Territory of the United States North-West of the River Ohio, at 20, Burglary(General Publisher, 1788)Prohibited the carrying of any “dangerous weapon” that indicates a violent intention while committing a burglary. Punishable by imprisonment for up to 40 years.Item Open Access 1820 Terr. of Mich. Laws 207, An Act For The Punishment Of Crimes, §§ 29-31.(General Publisher, 1820)Sect. 30. And be it further enacted, That if any person shall unlawfully and maliciously assault another, with any offensive weapon or instrument, or by menaces, or in and by other forcible and violent manner and means, demand of another any money, or personal goods and chattels, with intent to rob him or her, or shall by day, willfully[1] and maliciously break and enter any dwelling house, shop, ware house, store house, mill, barn, stable, out house or other building whatever, with intent to kill, rob, steal, or commit a rape, mayhem or battery, then and in every such case, the person so offending, and each of the counsellors, procurers, aiders and abettors of the person so offending, shall, on being thereof convicted, be punished by fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or solitary imprisonment, at hard labor, not exceeding ten years, or both, at the discretion of the court.
--Sect. 31. And be it further enacted, That if any person shall willfully[2] and maliciously enter, either by day or by night, without breaking the same, any church, meeting house, or place of worship, or any dwelling house, shop, ware house, store house, mill, barn, stable, out house or other building whatsoever, with intent to kill, rob, steal, or to commit a rape, mayhem or battery, then and in every such case, the person so offending, and each of the counsellors, procurers, aiders, and abettors of such offender, shall, on conviction, be punished by fine not exceeding three hundred dollars, or by solitary imprisonment, at hard labor, not exceeding five years, or both, at the discretion of the court.”Item Open Access 1821 N.J. Laws 474, An Act to Describe, Apprehend and Punish Disorderly Persons, § 2(General Publisher, 1799)Prohibited the carrying of any pistol, hanger, cutlass, bludgeon, or other offensive weapon, with intent to assault any person.”Item Open Access 1849 Cal. Stat. 245, An Act to Incorporate the City of San Francisco, § 127(General Publisher, 1849)Prohibited the carrying, with intent to assault any person, any pistol, gun, knife, dirk, bludgeon, or other offensive weapon with the intent to assault another person.. Punished by fine of up to $100 and imprisonment for up to 3 months.Item Open Access 1850 Mass. Gen. Law, ch. 194, §§ 1, 2, as codified in Mass. Gen. Stat., ch. 164 (1873) § 10(General Publisher, 1873)Prohibited the carrying of a slungshot, metallic knuckles, bills, or other dangerous weapon if arrested pursuant to a warrant or while committing a crime. Punishable by fine.Item Open Access 1855 Ind. Acts 153, An Act to Provide for the Punishment of Persons Interfering with Trains or Railroads, ch. 79, § 1(General Publisher, 1855)Prohibited the carrying of any dirk, pistol, Bowie knife, dagger, sword in cane, or any other dangerous or deadly weapon with the intent of injuring another person. Exempted any person who was a “traveler.” Punishable by fine up to $500.Item Open Access 1858 Neb. Laws 69, ch.1, § 135(General Publisher, 1858)Prohibited the carrying of a pistol, gun, knife, dirk, bludgeon or other offensive weapon with the intent to assault a person. Punishable by fine up to $100.Item Open Access 1859 Ind. Acts 129, ch. 78, § 1(General Publisher, 1859)Prohibited the wear or carry of any dirk, pistol, Bowie-knife, dagger, sword-cane, or any other dangerous or deadly weapon with the intent or avowed purpose of injuring another. Violators fined not exceeding five hundred dollars.Item Open Access 1859 Mass. Gen. Law, ch.194, § 2 as codified in 1873 Mass. Gen. Stat. 816, ch. 164 § 11(General Publisher, 1850)Enhanced the sentence of anyone carrying slung-shot, metallic knuckles, billies, or other dangerous weapons while committing a criminal offense or arrested upon warrant of a magistrate. Violators fined not exceeding fifty dollars or imprisonment not exceeding one year.Item Open Access 1868 Fla. Laws 2538, Persons Engaged in Criminal Offence, Having Weapons, ch. 7, § 10(General Publisher, 1868)Prohibited the carrying of a slungshot, metallic knuckles, billies, firearms or other dangerous weapon if arrested for committing a criminal offence or disturbance of the peace. Punishable by imprisonment up to 3 months or a fine up to $100.Item Open Access 1868 Fla. Laws 95, ch. 7, § 10(General Publisher, 1868)Prohibited the carrying of a slungshot, metallic knuckles, billies, firearms or other dangerous weapon if arrested for committing a criminal offence or disturbance of the peace. Punishable by imprisonment up to 3 months or a fine up to $100.Item Open Access 1871 Revision of the Statutes of New Jersey 304, An act concerning disorderly persons, § 2(General Publisher, 1877)Prohibited The carrying of “any pistol, hanger, cutlass, bludgeon, or other offensive weapon, with intent to assault any person.” Punishable as a “disorderly person.”Item Open Access 1873 Nev. Comp. Laws 583, Offenses Against Public Morality, Health, and Police, § 133(General Publisher, 1872)Provided that any one who is found in possession of a firearm with intent to commit robbery shall be fined no more than 100 dollarsItem Open Access 1875 Pa. Laws 33, No. 38, § 1(General Publisher, 1875)Prohibited concealed carry of any firearms, slung-shots, billys, dirk-knives, razors, or any other deadly weapon with intent to maliciously do injury to any another personItem Open Access 1876 Colo. Sess. Laws 304, § 154(General Publisher, 1876)Prohibited the carrying with intent to assault another any pistol, gun, knife, dirk, bludgeon, or other offensive weapon.Item Open Access 1877 Charter and Ordinances of the City of Syracuse, at 192, ch. 27, § 7(General Publisher, 1877)Any individual who shall carry about his or her person any dirk, bowie knife, sword or spear cane, pistol, revolver, slung-shot, jemme, brass knuckles, or other deadly or unlawful weapon, with the intent to do bodily harm to any other person or persons, shall be liable to a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars, and also to imprisonment not to exceed three months.Item Open Access 1881 Ind. Acts 191, ch. 37, § 82(General Publisher, 1881)Prohibited wear or carry of any dirk, pistol, Bowie-knife, dagger, sword-cane, or any other dangerous or deadly weapon concealed, or who carries openly with intent or avowed purpose of injuring another. Violators shall be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars.Item Open Access 1883 Ariz. Sess. Laws 21–22, ch. 19(General Publisher, 1883)Prohibited anyone over the age of ten from carrying with malicious intent or to intimidate with any dirk, dirk-knife, Bowie-knife, pistol, rifle, shotgun, or firearms of any kind. Violators fined not less than twenty but no more than fifty dollars, or imprisoned not less than five no more than ten days.