Collection of Historical Firearm Regulations
Permanent URI for this repositoryhttps://dspace.d106.bravog.com/handle/123456789/13
Welcome to the Historical Firearm Regulations Collection
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.
Browse
381 results
Search Results
Item Open Access 1933 Wyo. Sess. Laws 117, ch. 101, §§ 1-4.(General Publisher, 1933)All wholesalers, retailers, dealers and pawn brokers are hereby required to keep a record of all firearms which may come into their possession, whether new or second hand, which record shall be known as the Firearms Register. Such register shall contain the following information, to wit: the name of the manufacturer, person, persons, firm or corporation from whom the firearm was obtained, the date of its acquisition, its manufacturer’s number, its color, its caliber, whether the same is new or second hand, whether it is automatic, a revolver, a single shot pistol, a rifle, a shot gun or a machine gun, the name of the party to whom said firearm is sold in such purchasers handwriting and the date of such saleItem Open Access 1925 Wyo. Sess. Laws 110, ch. 106, § 1.(General Publisher, 1925)Every person not being a citizen of the United States, who shall own, possess, wear or carry any dirk, pistol, shot gun, rifle, or other fire arm, bowie knife, dagger, or any other dangerous or deadly weapon, shall upon conviction thereof, be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined in any sum not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) or imprisoned in the county jail not more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.Item Open Access Other Organizations Parading With Arms, §§ 44-45, Ch. 163, Session Laws of the State of Wyoming (1925).(General Publisher, 1925)It shall not be lawful for any body of men whatso ever, other than the regularly organized National Guard or the troops of the United States, to associate themselves together as a military company or organizationItem Open Access 1921 Wyo. Sess. Laws 101, ch. 83, § 62.(General Publisher, 1921)It shall be unlawful for any person to take, kill, wound or destroy any of the game fish of this State by the use of any revolver, pistol, shot gun, rifle or fire arms of any kind or nature.Item Open Access 1921 Wyo. Sess. Laws 112-13, ch. 83, § 97.(General Publisher, 1921)It shall be unlawful for any person to take into the game fields or forests of this State, or have in possession while in the game fields or forests of this State, or to have in possession while out for the purpose of hunting the game animals or game birds of this State any device or mechanism designed to silence or muffle or minimize the report of any firearm, whether such device or mechanism be separated or attached to any firearm or not.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 An Ordinance to Revise the General Ordinances of the City of Madison, ch. 22, §§ 1-4, MADISON, CHARTER AND GEN. ORDINANCES 292, 292-93 (Law Passed 1917; Published 1917 by Cantwell Printing).(General Publisher, 1917)Every person, firm, association or corporation engaged in the business of selling firearms at retail in the city of Madison, shall at the close of business on each day during which any such person, firm, association or corporation shall sell any firearms, make a report to the chief of police, giving a brief description of each firearm sold and the name and address of the purchaser. It shall be unlawful for any person, except policemen or any officer authorized to serve process, to carry or wear concealed about his person, any pistol or revolver, slung shot, cross-knuckles, knuckles of lead, brass or other metal, or bowie knife, dirk knife, or dirk or dagger, or any other dangerous or deadly weapon, within the limits of the city of Madison. No person shall fire or discharge any cannon, or fire arm of any description, or any air gun, or fire, explode, or set off any squib, cracker or other thing containing powder. No person shall sell or place on sale, or give away or fire or explode any toy, cap or cartridge pistol or any fire cracker exceeding ¼ inch in diameter and 2 inches in length; nor any so-called "dago bomb" or any similar bomb unless used for exhibition purposes and then only by an experienced agent."Item Open Access 1931–1933 Wis. Sess. Laws 778, ch. 359, § 1(General Publisher, 1933)Prohibited selling, possessing, using, or transporting a machine gun, automatic firearm, bomb, hand grenade, projectile, shell, or other container that can contain tear or other gas. Punishable by imprisonment for 1-3 years.