California
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The California Community serves as a dedicated repository for historical, cultural, and academic materials related to the diverse regions, development, and historical milestones of California. This collection offers valuable insights into the state's rich heritage, including its early settlement, economic growth, and societal evolution.
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Item Open Access 1849 Cal. Stat. 245, An Act to Incorporate the City of San Francisco, § 127(General Publisher, 1849)Prohibited the carrying, with intent to assault any person, any pistol, gun, knife, dirk, bludgeon, or other offensive weapon with the intent to assault another person.. Punished by fine of up to $100 and imprisonment for up to 3 months.Item Open Access 1923 Cal. Stat. 696, An Act to Control and Regulate the Possession, Sale and Use of Pistols, Revolvers, and Other Firearms Capable of Being Concealed Upon the Person; To Prohibit the Manufacture, Sale, Possession or Carrying of Certain Other Dangerous Weapons Within this State; To Provide for Registering All Sales of Pistols, Revolvers or Other Firearms Capable of Being Concealed Upon the Person; To Prohibit the Carrying of Concealed Firearms Except by Lawfully Authorized Persons; To Provide for the Confiscation and Destruction of Such Weapons in Certain Cases; To Prohibit the Ownership, Use or Possession of Any of Such Weapons by Certain Classes of Persons; To Prescribe Penalties for Violations of This Act and Increased Penalties for Repeated Violations Hereof; To Authorize, In Proper Cases, The Granting of Licenses or Permits to Carry Firearms Concealed Upon the Person; To Provide for Licensing Retail Dealers in Such Firearms and Regulating Sales Thereunder; And To Repeal Chapter One Hundred Forty-Five of California Statutes of 1917, Relating to the Same Subject, ch. 339, § 3(General Publisher, 1923)Prohibited committing a felony while armed with weapons named in §1 or while armed with any pistol, revolver, or other firearm capable of being concealed upon the person, without having a license to carry. Violators shall be punishable by felony, with imprisonment in a state prison for not less than five nor more than ten years.Item Open Access 1917 Cal. Stat. 221, § 5(General Publisher, 1917)Prohibited the use, or intent to use unlawfully against another, carrying, or possessing a dagger, dirk, dangerous knife, razor, stiletto, loaded pistol, revolver, other firearm, or any instrument or weapon commonly known as a blackjack, slung-shot, billy, sandclub, sandbag, metal knuckles, bomb, or bombshell, or any other dangerous or deadly instrument or weapon. Violators guilty of a felony. Carrying or possessing these weapons while committing, attempting, or threatening to commit a felony, breach of the peace, or any act of violence against the person or property of another shall be presumptive evidence of carrying or possessng with intent to use in violation of this section.Item Open Access S. Garfielde, Compiled Laws of the State of California: Containing All the Acts of the Legislature of a Public and General Nature, Now in Force, Passed at the Sessions of 1850-51-52-53, § 127(General Publisher, 1853)Prohibited carrying of pistol, gun, knife, dirk, bludgeon, or other offensive weapon with intent to assault. Punishable by fine of up to $100 or imprisonment for up to 3 months.Item Open Access S. Garfielde (Editor),Compiled Laws of the State of California: Containing All the Acts of the Legislature of a Public and General Nature, Now in Force, Passed at the Sessions of 1850–51–52–53, 663–64 (1853), ch. 125, div. 11, § 127(General Publisher, 1850)Prohibited the carry of a pistol, gun, knife, dirk, bludgeon, or other offensive weapon with intent to assault. Violators punished by fine not to exceed one hundred dollars or imprisonment no more than three months.