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 1884 Wyo. Terr. Sess. Laws 134, ch. 85, § 28, pt. 1.(General Publisher, 1884)[T]o regulate the storage of gun-powder, kerosene and other dangerous material[.]Item Open Access 1887, List of Members, By-laws, and Reports of the Wyoming Stock Growers Association, Important Resolutions, no. 11.(General Publisher, 1887)That the custom of carrying firearms, except in the immediate vicinity of Indian reservations, should be discountenanced, and it is hereby made the duty of the members of this Association, foremen of round-ups, and foremen of ranges, to use every effort in their power to prevent the carrying of firearms by cattle men at all times and places except when absolutely necessary. Resolved, That the members of this Association hereby pledge themselves as far as in their power to carry out the spirit of this resolution.”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 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 Wis. Sess. Laws 315, ch. 151, tit. 5, § 38.(General Publisher, 1883)The powers conferred upon the said council to provide for the abatement or removal of nuisances, shall not bar or hinder suits, prosecutions or proceedings in the courts according of law. Depots, houses or buildings of any kind, wherein more than twenty-five pounds of gun powder are deposited, stored or kept at any one time . . . within the limits of said city are hereby declared and shall be deemed public or common nuisances.Item Open Access 1883 Wis. Sess. Laws 370, ch. 152, ch. 6 [sic], § 8, pt. 17.(General Publisher, 1883)To prohibit, restrain or regulate the discharge of fire-arms and the explosion of gunpowder and guncotton, and the firing of firecrackers and fireworks of any kind within the city.Item Open Access 1883 Wis. Sess. Laws 369-70, ch. 152, ch. 6 [sic], § 8, pt. 16.(General Publisher, 1883)To prevent and prohibit the manufacture, keeping or storing of nitro-glycerine, and to regulate the keeping and storing of gunpowder, gun cotton, burning fluids, coal oils and other dangerous explosive materials, in said city, and to provide for the inspection of illuminating oils and fluids.Item Open Access 1885 Wis. Sess. Laws 1109, ch. 227, § 3, pt. 50(General Publisher, 1885)Authorized the city to regulate and prohibit the carrying concealed of any pistol, revolver, sling shot, cross knuckles, knuckles of lead, brass, or other metal, Bowie knife, dirk knife, dirk, dagger, or any other dangerous or deadly weapon.Item Open Access 1883 Wis. Sess. Laws 990, ch. 341, § 52, pt. 40(General Publisher, 1883)Authorized the city to prohibit and prevent the carry of any pistol, Bowie-knife, dirk, dagger, or other concealed and dangerous weapon, except as authorized by law.Item Open Access 1887 Wis. Sess. Laws 336, ch. 124, § 2, pt. 56(General Publisher, 1887)Authorized the city to regulate and prohibit the concealed carry of any pistol, sling shot, knuckles of lead, brass, or other metal,, bowie knife, dirk, dagger, or any other dangerous or deadly weapon.