Arizona
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The Arizona Community serves as a repository for historical, cultural, and academic materials related to the diverse heritage, development, and unique landscapes of Arizona. This collection encompasses scholarly works, historical analyses, and curated resources that highlight Arizona's rich Native American history, territorial evolution, and modern growth.
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Item Open Access 1867 Ariz. Sess. Laws 21(General Publisher, 1867)Prohibited brandishing in a rude or threatening manner, any dirk, dirk-knife, Bowie-knife, pistol, gun, or other deadly weapon. Also prohibited fighting or quarrelling with the same. Violators fined not less than one hundred but no more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned not less than one but no more than six months, or both.Item Open Access 1867 Ariz. Sess. Laws 22, An Act To Prevent The Improper Use Of Deadly Weapons And The Indiscriminate Use Of Firearms In The Towns And Villages Of The Territory, § 2(General Publisher, 1867)Prohibited the indiscriminate discharge of any carried pistol or gun in the public streets or highways. Violators fined not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars and imprisoned not less than two nor more than ten days in the county jail, as well as costs of prosecution.Item Open Access 1883 Ariz. Sess. Laws 21–22, ch. 19(General Publisher, 1883)Prohibited anyone over the age of ten from carrying with malicious intent or to intimidate with any dirk, dirk-knife, Bowie-knife, pistol, rifle, shotgun, or firearms of any kind. Violators fined not less than twenty but no more than fifty dollars, or imprisoned not less than five no more than ten days.Item Open Access 1883 Ariz. Sess. Laws 65–66, ch. 36(General Publisher, 1883)Prohibited any person over the age of ten but under the age of seventeen from carrying any dirk, dirk-knife, Bowie-knife, slung-shot, brass knuckles, or pistol.Item Open Access 1887 Ariz. Sess. Laws 726, ch. 11(General Publisher, 1887)Prohibited any person in any city, village, or town from having or carrying concealed any dirk, dirk-knife, Bowie-knife, slung-shot, brass knuckles, pistol, or other weapon. Violators fined not more than three hundred dollars, or imrpisoned not more than six months, or both.Item Open Access 1889 Ariz. Sess. Laws 16, No. 13, § 1(General Publisher, 1889)Prohibited carrying of any pistol, dirk, dagger, slungshot, sword cane, spear, brass knuckles, Bowie knife, or any knife manufactured to offensive or defensive purposes. Punishable by a fine of $25-100 and forfeiture of the weapon.Item Open Access 1889 Ariz. Sess. Laws 16-17, No. 13, § 3(General Publisher, 1889)Prohibiting carrying “a pistol or other firearm, dirk, dagger, slung shot, sword cane, spear, brass knuckles, bowie knife, or any other kind of a knife manufactured and sold for the purposes of offense or defense” to “any church or religious assembly, any school room, or other place where persons are assembled for amusement or for educational or scientific purposes, or into any circus, show or public exhibition of any kind, or to a ball room, social party or social gathering, or to any election precinct on the day or days of any election, where any portion of the people of this Territory are collected to vote at any election, or to any other place where people may be assembled to minister or to perform any other public duty, or to any other public assembly."Item Open Access 1889 Ariz. Terr. Laws 30 §1(General Publisher, 1889)Prohibited the carry on the person, or in saddlebags, of any pistol, dirk, dagger, slung-shot, sword-cane, spear, brass knuckles, Bowie-knife, or any other kind of knife manufactured for purposes of offense or defense. Only applied within any settlement, town, village or city. Violators fined not less than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars, and shall forfeit the weapons to the county upon conviction.Item Open Access 1889 Ariz. Terr. Sess. Laws no. 13, §1, p. 16(General Publisher, 1889)Prohibited the carry on the person, or in saddlebags, of any pistol, dirk, dagger, slung-shot, sword-cane, spear, brass knuckles, Bowie-knife, or any other kind of knife manufactured for purposes of offense or defense. Only applied within any settlement, town, village or city. Violators fined not less than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars, and shall forfeit the weapons to the county upon conviction.Item Open Access 1893 Ariz. Sess. Laws 3, An Act To Regulate And Prohibit The Carrying Of Deadly Weapons Concealed, § 1(General Publisher, 1893)Prohibtied the concealed carry any pistol, other firearm, dirk, dagger, slung-shot, sword cane, spear, brass knuckles, or other knuckles of metal, Bowie-Knife, or any kind of knife not manufactured and used for the purpose of offense or defense.Item Open Access 1901 Ariz. 1251-53, §§ 381, 385, 390(General Publisher, 1901)Prohibited the concealed carrying of any pistol or other firearm, dirk, dagger, slungshot, sword cane, spear, brass knuckles, Bowie knife (or any kind of knife, except a pocket knife not manufactured for offensive or defensive use). Exempted peace officers in discharge of official duties. Punishable by a fine of $25-100 and forfeiture of the weapon.Item Open Access 1901 Ariz. Acts 1251, Crimes Against the Public Peace, § 381(General Publisher, 1901)Prohibited discharge of a gun, pistol, or other firearm in any saloon, dance house, store or other public ouse or business house in the territory. Also prohibitd injury, destruction, or damage of property therein. Violators fined not exceeding three hundred dollars or imrpsioned in jail not exceeding six months, or both.Item Open Access 1901 Ariz. Acts 1252, Crimes and Punishments, § 391(General Publisher, 1901)Required the keeper of every hotel, boarding house, and drinking saloon to post in a conspicuous place in the bar or reception room that travelers divest themselves of weapons. Violators fined five dollars.Item Open Access 1901 Ariz. Acts 1253, Crimes Against the Public Peace, § 392(General Publisher, 1901)Prohibited brandishing a deadly weapon in the presence of two or more persons, in a rude, angry, or threatening manner, or who unlafully uses the same in any fight or quarrel. Violators guilty of a misdemeanor.Item Open Access 1901 Ariz. Sess. Laws 1251–53, §§ 381, 385, 390(General Publisher, 1901)Prohibited the concealed carrying of any pistol or other firearm, dirk, dagger, slungshot, sword cane, spear, brass knuckles, Bowie knife (or any kind of knife, except a pocket knife not manufactured for offensive or defensive use). Exempted peace officers in discharge of official duties. Punishable by a fine of $25-100 and forfeiture of the weapon.Item Open Access 1907 Ariz. Sess. Laws 15, An Act to Prohibit Officers from Carrying Firearms While Under the Influence of Liquor and for Other Purposes, ch. 16, § 1(General Publisher, 1907)Proibited law enforcement from carrying a pistol, gun, or other firearm while intoxicated. Also prohibited striking any person with a pistol, gun, or other firearm while an officer is intoxicated.Item Open Access 1912 Ariz. Sess. Laws 253, § 24(General Publisher, 1912)Prohibited any person from shooting a rifle, revolver, or shotgun of any caliber or gauge from or across any public highway were there are dwelling homes on either side or where the shot shall pass over any cultivated land or dwelling houses, stock, or other animals grazing on land.Item Open Access 1936 Ariz. Sess. Laws 204, Game and Fish Preservation, § 1543(General Publisher, 1936)Prohibited hunting with a supressed firearm. Also prohibited hunting deer or bear with a firearm propelling more than one ball or bullet per charge. Any gun used to kill songbirds or insectivorous birds shall be confiscated by the game warden as a nuisance.Item Open Access A law prohibiting military bodies other than the National Guard, Title 46, Ch. 1, Art. 9, § 6 in The Revised Statutes of Arizona Territory (1901)(General Publisher, 1901)Prohibited forming a militia that is not the national guard or active duty of the United States military.Item Open Access Act of Mar. 18, 1889, no. 13, §§ 5, Ariz. Sess. Laws 31 (1889 The Courier)(General Publisher, 1889)Any peace officer who refuses to arrest anyone with the carry on the person, or in saddlebags, of any pistol, dirk, dagger, slung-shot, sword-cane, spear, brass knuckles, Bowie-knife, or any other kind of knife manufactured for purposes of offense or defense shall be punished by fine not exceeding three hundred dollars.