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 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.Item Open Access 1907 Wyo. Sess. Laws 96, ch. 71, § 14, pt. 41.(General Publisher, 1907)To regulate and prevent the transportation and storage of gunpowder or other explosive or combustible articles. . .Item Open Access 1899 Wyo. Rev. Stat. 600, div. 1, tit. 15, ch. 1, § 2106(General Publisher, 1899)No person or persons shall ensnare, net or trap within this state any wild duck, wild goose, or wild swan at any time. . . . There shall be established from the first day of September until the first day of May, an open season in which ducks, brant or geese may be shot, killed or taken by means of gun shot, but nothing but shoulder guns may be used at any time. And it shall be unlawful to kill any of the above mentioned water fowls by any other means, or during any other period, than above specified; Provided That it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to kill any wild swan in the state of Wyoming. Any person or persons who shall violate the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than ten nor more than twenty-five dollars for each offense, and may be imprisoned in the county jail for not more than sixty days.Item Open Access 1899 Wyo. Rev. Stat. 1253, div. 5, tit. 1, ch. 3, § 5051(General Publisher, 1899)Every person, not being a traveler, who shall wear or carry any dirk, pistol, bowie knife, dagger, sword-in-cane, or any other dangerous or deadly weapon concealed, or who shall carry or wear any such weapon openly, with the intent, or avowed purpose, of injuring his fellow- man, shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars.