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 Revised Ordinances and Charter of the City of Laramie, Wyo., with Constitutional Provisions and Legislative Enactments Governing the Same, at 90, ch. 5, § 6 (1900)(General Publisher, 1900)Any person who shall, within this city, fire or discharge any cannon, gun, fowling piece, pistol, revolver or firearm of any description, without permission from the council, or written permission from the mayor, or who shall, upon the street, sidewalks or alleys of the City of Laramie, fire, explode or set off any squib, cracker or other thing containing powder or other combustible material, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction be fined in a sum not less than five nor more than twenty-five dollars, for each and every offenseItem Open Access Revised Ordinances and Charter of the City of Laramie, Wyo., with Constitutional Provisions and Legislative Enactments Governing the Same, at 89, ch. 5, § 3 (1900)(General Publisher, 1900)Hereafter it shall be unlawful for any person in the City of Laramie to keep, carry or bear upon the person any sling, catapult, spring or air gun, or nigger shooter, used for the hurling of missiles or stones, and every person violating the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction, be fined in a sum not exceeding five dollars.Item Open Access A. McMicken, The Revised Ordinances of the City of Rawlins, Carbon County, Wyoming, at 115-116, Article II, Protection of Persons and Property, § 1 (1893)(General Publisher, 1893)If any person shall within this city fire or discharge any cannon, gun, fowling piece, pistol or firearms of any description, or fire, explode, or set off any squib, cracker, or anything containing powder or other combustible or explosive material, without permission of the Board of Trustees, or the written permission of the mayor (which permission shall limit the time of the firing and shall be subject to be revoked by the mayor or Board of Trustees at any time after the same has been granted) every such person shall, on conviction, be fined in a sum of not less than five dollars and not exceeding one hundred dollars.Item Open Access A. McMicken, City Attorney, The Revised Ordinances of the City of Rawlins, Carbon County, Wyoming, at 131-32, Article VII, Carrying Firearms and Lethal Weapons, § 1 (1893)(General Publisher, 1893)Prohibited a person from possessing or carrying a pistol, revolver, knife, slungshot, bludgeon or other lethal weapon. Punishable by fine up to $100 or imprisonment up to 30 days.Item Open Access 1919 Wyo. Sess. Laws 17, ch. 17, § 1.(General Publisher, 1919)It shall be unlawful for any person or company to store any gunpowder or any other explosive material at a less distance than one thousand feet from any house or habitation, when more than fifty pounds are at the same place; but it shall be unlawful to place or to keep any powder or other explosive material, in any house or building occupied as a residence, or in any outbuilding pertaining thereto.Item Open Access 1915 Wyo. Sess. Laws 91, ch. 91, § 13(General Publisher, 1915)Required noncitizens to purchase a specified license before owning or possessing any firearm or fishing tackle.Item Open Access 1913 Wyo. Sess. Laws 165, ch. 121, § 38(General Publisher, 1913)Required nonresidents obtain a license for $5 from the Justice of the Peace in order to hunt game birds in the state.