Arkansas

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J. Steele (Editor), Laws of the Arkansas Territory 521 (1835), § 3 [Slaves]
(General Publisher, 1804)
Prohibited any "slave or mulatto" from keeping or carrying a gun, powder, shot, club or other weapon of offensive or defensive nature. Violators shall be sentenced to lashes not exceeding thirty-nine.
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An Ordinance to Prevent the Firing of Guns, and Running of Horses, &c., §§ 1-2, THE ARKANSAS ADVOCATE, Mar. 7, 1832, at 4 (Little Rock, Arkansas).
(General Publisher, 1832)
Be it ordained by the Mayor and Town Council of the town of Little Rock, That if any free person shall wantonly fire or shoot off any gun, pistol, or other fire arms, within the bounds of the corporation of the town of Little Rock; or if any person shall run, gallop or canter, any horse, mare, gelding, mule, jack or jenny, through any of the public squares, streets or alleys, of said town, he or she, if free, shall on conviction before the Mayer of the town, forfeit and pay for each offence a sum not exceeding ten dollars, and shall moreover stand committed until the same be paid together with the attendant costs; and if a slave be guilty of any of the above offences, he or she shall, for each offence, receive on his or her bare back, ten stripes or lashes, to be well laid on by the town constable.
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Slaves, in Laws of the Arkansas Territory 521 (J. Steele & J. M'Campbell, Eds., 1835).
(General Publisher, 1835)
No slave or mulatto whatsoever, shall keep or carry a gun, poweder, shot, club or other weapon whatsoever, offensive or defensive; but all and every gun weapon and ammunition found in the possesision or custody of any negro or mulatto, may be seized by any person and upon due proof made before any justice of the peace of the district [county] where such seizure shall be, shall by his order be forfeited to the seizor, for his own use, and moreover, every such offender shall have and receive by order of such justice any num=ber of lashes not exceeding thirty nine on his or her bare back well laid on for every such offense.
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Slaves, in Laws of the Arkansas Territory 521 (J. Steele & J. M’Campbell, Eds., 1835)
(General Publisher, 1835)
Prohibited any “slave or mulatto” from keeping or carrying a gun, powder, shot, club, or other weapon.
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Ark. Const., Art. II, § 21 (1836)
(General Publisher, 1836)
Establishes the right to keep and bear arms for “the free white men of this State.”
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An Ordinance Concerning Slaves, and Free Negroes and Mulattos, § 1, ARKANSAS GAZETTE, Jan. 12, 1836, at 1 (Little Rock, Arkansas).
(General Publisher, 1836)
That no slave or free negro or mulatto whatsoever shall keep or carry, within the limits of said City, any gun, pistol or other fire arm of any kind whatsoever, or any knife, dirk, club or any weapon of offence or defence whatsoever, or any powder, balls or shot; and that any and every such weapon, and any and all such ammunition found in the possession or custody of any negro or mulatto, may be seized by any person,
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William McK. Ball Revised Statutes of the State of Arkansas, Adopted at the October Session of the General Assembly of Said State, A. D. 1837, in the Year of Our Independence the Sixty-second, and of the State of Second Year Page 733-734 § 23
(General Publisher, 1837)
Any gun or other offensive or defensive weapon found in the possession of a slave, without having the written permission of his master the carry the same, may be seized by any person, and upon proof of such seizure before a justice of the peace of the county where the same shall have been made, such gun or weapon shall be by the order of such justice, adjudged and forfeited to the seizor for his own use, and such slave shall receive by the order of such justice, any number of stripes not exceeding thirty.
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Revised Statutes of the State of Arkansas, Adopted at the October Session of the General Assembly of Said State, A. D. 1837, in the Year of Our Independence the Sixty-second, and of the State of Second Year Page 733-734 § 23
(General Publisher, 1837)
Prohibited possession of offensive or defensive weapon without written permission of his master. Violators shall have the weapon seized and whipped not exceeding thirty stripes.
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Josiah Gould, A Digest of the Statutes of Arkansas Embracing All Laws of a General and Permanent Character in Force the Close of the Session of the General Assembly of 1856 380 381 - 82 (1837)
(General Publisher, 1837)
Prohibited the concealed carrying of any pistol, dirk, butcher or large knife, sword cane, unless “upon a journey.”
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Revised Statutes of the State of Arkansas, Adopted at the October Session of the General Assembly of Said State 733-34 (1838)
(General Publisher, 1837)
Prohibited “any slave” from possessing any gun or weapon without written permission from their master.
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Revised Statutes of the State of Arkansas, Adopted at the October Session of the General Assembly of Said State, A.D. 1837, in the Year of Our Independence the Sixty second, and of the State of Second Year Page 280 § 13
(General Publisher, 1838)
Prohibited the concealed carry of any pistol, dirk, butcher, large knife, or sword-cane. Violators guilty of a misdemeanor, fined not less than twenty-five no more than one hundred dollars and shall be imprisoned not less than one nor more than six months.
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Revised Statutes of the State of Arkansas, Adopted at the October Session of the General Assembly of Said State, A.D. 1837, at 733-34 (1838)
(General Publisher, 1838)
Prohibited any “free negro” from possessing or carrying a gun, ammunition, or weapon of any kind without a license.
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Revised Statutes of the State of Arkansas, Adopted at the October Session of the General Assembly of Said State, A.D. 1837, in the Year of Our Independence the Sixty second, and of the State of Second Year Page 587 § 18
(General Publisher, 1838)
Provided that every gun, rifle, weapon of any kind, ammunition found in the possession of any "free negro or mulatto" not having a license may be seized and violators fined not exceeding twenty dollars.
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Josiah Gould, A Digest of the Statutes of Arkansas, Embracing All Laws of a General and Permanent Character in Force at the Close of the Session of the General Assembly of 1856: Together with Notes of the Decisions of the Supreme Court upon the Statutes, and an Appendix Containing Forms for Justices of the Peace Page 374-75
(General Publisher, 1855)
Prohibited hunting with a gun with intent to kill game or shoot for amusement on the Sabbath day. Violators guilty of a misdemeanor, fined not less than five nor more than twenty-five dollars.
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1868 Ark. Acts 218, Acts of the General Assembly of Arkansas, § 13
(General Publisher, 1868)
Any person who draws a pistol, gun, or any other deadly weapon on any other person or citizen for the purpose of frightening or intimidation from lawful acts when not justified in self-defense. Violators guilty of a high misdemeanor, fined not less than five hundred nor more than one thousand dollars, and imprisoned for twelve months.
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1868 Ark. Acts 218, Acts of the General Assembly of Arkansas, § 12
(General Publisher, 1868)
Any person who threatens or draws a pistol, gun, or other deadly weapon upon a sheriff or other officer executing a civil or criminal process shall be deemed guilty of a felony, imprisoned in the pentitentiary not less than one nor more than five years.
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ARK. CONST. of 1868, art. I, § 5 (retained in 1874 Ark. Const.).
(General Publisher, 1868)
Provided the people a right to keep and bear arms for their common defense
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Ord. July 15, 1869; Ch. Dig., Sec. 426
(General Publisher, 1869)
Prohibited the discharge of any cannon, gun, fowling piece, pistol, or fire-arms of any description. Violators fined not less than two but no more than ten dollars.
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John H. Cherry (Editor), Digest of the Laws and Ordinances of the City of Little Rock 168 (1882), §399
(General Publisher, 1871)
Prohibited carrying of a pistol, revolver, Bowie knife, dirk, rifle, shot gun, slungshot, colt, or metal knuckles while engaged in a breach of the peace. Punishable by a fine of $25-500.
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George Eugene Dodge, A Digest of the Laws and Ordinances of the City of Little Rock, with the Constitution of State of Arkansas, General Incorporation Laws, and All Acts of the General Assembly Relating to the City 230-31 (1871)
(General Publisher, 1871)
Prohibited carrying of a pistol, revolver, Bowie knife, dirk, rifle, shot gun, slungshot, colt, or metal knuckles while engaged in a breach of the peace. Punishable by a fine of $25-500.