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    Henry S. Geyer, A Digest of the Laws of Missouri Territory. Comprising: An Elucidation of the Title of the United States to Louisiana 374 (1818)
    (General Publisher, 1818)
    Prohibited “slave or mulatto” from carrying a gun, powder, shot, club or other weapon and from possessing a gun or ammunition.
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    Militia, in Henry S. Geyer, Digest of the Laws of Missouri Territory, at 281, § 4 (1818).
    (General Publisher, 1818)
    Each militia man shall provide himself, with-in one month from the date of his enrollment with a good musket, a sufficient bayonet and belt, or a fusil, two spare flints, a knapsack and pouch with a box there-in to contain twentyfour cartridges suited to the bore of his musket or fusil, each cartridge to contain a pro-per quantity of powder and ball: or a good rifle, knap-sack, pouch and powder horn with twenty balls suited to the bore of his rifle, and a quarter of a pound of powe-der
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    A law regulating weapons: carrying concealed or in certain places, brandishing, and sales to minors, Ordinance No. 31, § 10, in Revised Ordinances of the City of Richmond, Missouri (1910).
    (General Publisher, 1910)
    If any person shall carry, concealed upon or about his person any deadly or dangerous weapon, or shall go into any church or place where people have assembled for religious worship, or into any school room where people have assembled for educational, literary or social purposes, or to any election precinct on any election day, or into any court room during the setting of court, or into any other public assemblage of persons met for lawful purpose, other than for military drill or meetings called under the militia law of this state, having upon or about his person, any kind of fire-arms, bowie knife, dirk, dagger, slung shot or other deadly weapon, or shall, in the presence of one or more persons, exhibit such weapon in a rude, angry and threatening manner, or shall have or carry any such weapon upon or about his person when intoxicated or under the influence of intoxicating drink, or shall directly or indirectly loan or barter to any minor, any such weapon without the consent of the parent or guardian of such minor, he shall upon conviction be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the city prison not less than five days nor more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment."
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    Not to Carry Weapons Concealed; Where; nor Sell to Minors, etc., Ch. 43, An Ordinance in Relation to Dangerous and Deadly Weapons, § 3, in The Revised Ordinances of the City of Pattonsburg, Missouri (1902).
    (General Publisher, 1902)
    Any person, who shall, within the corporate limits of said city, be found upon any street or alley, or upon premises not his own, without license from the owners or occupants thereof, having upon or about his person any kind of toy pistol which may be used for the purpose of discharging any missile by force of gun powder, or explosive caps, or exploding percussion caps or powder, shall, upon conviction, be fined in any sum not less than one nor more than one hundred dollars.
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    Not to Carry Weapons Concealed; Where; nor Sell to Minors, etc., Ch. 43, An Ordinance in Relation to Dangerous and Deadly Weapons, § 1, in The Revised Ordinances of the City of Pattonsburg, Missouri (1902).
    (General Publisher, 1902)
    Any person, who shall, within the corporate limits of the City of Pattonsburg, carry concealed upon or about his person, any deadly or dangerous weapon, or shall go into any church or place where people have assembled for religious worship, or into any school room or place where people are assembled for educational, literary or social purposes, or to any election precinct, on any election day, or into any court room during the setting of court, or into any other public assemblage of persons met for any lawful purpose, other than for militia drill or meetings called under the militia law of the state of Missouri, having upon or about his person any kind of firearms, bowie knife, dirk, dagger, slung shot or other deadly weapons, or shall, in the presence of one or more persons, exhibit any such weapon in a rude, angry or threatening manner, or shall have or carry any such weapon upon or about his person when intoxicated or under the in­fluence of intoxicating drinks, or shall directly or indirectly, sell or deliver, loan or barter to any minor, any such weapon, without the consent of the parent or guardian of such minor, shall, upon conviction, be fined in any sum not less than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars.
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    1873 Mo. Laws 328, An Act to Incorporate The Town Of Moberly, art. III, § 1, pt. 15.
    (General Publisher, 1873)
    any person who shall threaten, quarrel, challenge or fight within said city, or any person who shall be found intoxicated, who shall carry concealed deadly weapons in said city, or any person who shall be found guilty of a misdemeanor, and to define what acts shall constitute a misdemeanor.
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    An Ordinance in the Revision of the Ordinances Governing the City of Kansas, p. 264-65, ch. 34, § 3
    (General Publisher, 1880)
    No person shall, in this city, wear under his clothes or concealed about his person, any pistol or revolver, except by special permission from the Mayor; nor shall any person wear under his clothes, or concealed about his person, any slung-shot, cross knuckles, knuckles of lead, brass or other metal, or any bowie knife, razor, billy, dirk, dirk-knife or dagger, or any knife resembling a bowie knife, or any other dangerous or deadly weapon. Any person, violating any provision or requirement of this section, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof before the City Recorder, shall be fined not less than fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars
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    Adam B. Chambers, The Revised Ordinances of the City of Saint Louis, Revised and Digested by the Fifth City Council during the First Session, Begun and Held in the City of St. Louis, on the Second Monday of May, A. D. 1843. with the Constitutions of the United States and the State of Missouri, and the City Charter Page 304, Image 305 (1843) [Ordinances of Kansas City,] Misdemeanors, § 10.
    (General Publisher, 1843)
    Every person who shall discharge any cannon or other ordinance, or fire off any carbine, fusil, rifle, musket, gun, pistol, or other arms, or set off any squib or cracker, or fly any kite in the air, within the city, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. This section shall not apply to the firing of salutes by any military corps, or to the firing of salutes upon any occasion of general public interest.
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    Chapter 16—Misdemeanors, § 11—Carrying Concealed Weapons, in, Charter and Revised Ordinances of the City of Glasgow, Howard County, Missouri (1903).
    (General Publisher, 1903)
    If any person shall in this city carry concealed upon or about his person any deadly or dangerous weapon, or shall go into any church or place where people have assembled for religious worship, or into any school­ room or place where the people are assembled for educational, literary or social purposes, or to any election precinct on any elec­tion day, or into any court-room during the sitting of court, or into any other public assemblage of persons met for any lawful pur­pose other than for militia drill, or meeting called under militia law of this state, having upon or about his person any kind of fire­ arms, bowie knife, dirk, dagger, slung-shot or other deadly weap­on, or shall, in the presence of one or more person, exhibit any such weapon in a rude, angry or threatening manner, or shall have or carry any such weapon upon or about his person when intoxi­cated, or under the influence of intoxicating drinks, or shall, di­rectly or indirectly, sell or deliver, loan or barter to any minor any such weapon, without the consent of the parent or guardian of such minor, he shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than one hundred dollars: Provided this section shall not apply to police officers, nor to any officer or person whose duty it is to execute process or warrants, or to sup­press breaches of the peace, or to make arrests."
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    An Ordinance in Revision of the Ordinances of the City of DeSoto, Jefferson Co., State of Missouri, and for the Government of Said City Page 52, Image 59 (1888) § 217
    (General Publisher, 1888)
    Whenever there shall be found upon the person of anyone who has been found guilty of a breach of the peace, or of conduct calculated to provoke a breach of the peace, any slung shot, pistol, or knuckles of lead, brass, or other metal, or when upon trial, evidence shall be adduced proving that such weapons were in the possession, or on the person of anyone, while in the act or commission of the act aforesaid, such person shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.

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