New York
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The New York Community serves as a repository for academic and research materials related to the history, culture, and legal developments within New York. This community gathers collections representing various jurisdictions, historical periods, and sectors, providing valuable resources for researchers, students, and professionals.
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Item Open Access Ordinances, Rules and Regulations of the Department of Parks of the City of New York 7 (1916).(General Publisher, 1916)No person shall, in any park, . . . 8. Fire or carry any firearm, firecracker, torpedo or fireworks.Item Open Access 1916 N.Y. Laws 338-39, An Act to Amend the Penal Law, in Relation to the Selling or Possessing of Silencers for Firearms, ch. 137, § 1.(General Publisher, 1916)A person who sells or keeps for sale, or offers, or gives or disposes of, or who shall have or carry concealed upon his person any instrument, attachment, weapon or appliance for causing the firing of any gun, revolver, pistol, or other firearms to be silent or intended to lessen or muffle the noise of the firing of any gun, revolver, pistol, or other firearms shall be guilty of a felony, punishable by imprisonment for not more than five years.Item Open Access 1913 N.Y. Laws 1627-30, vol. III, ch. 608, §§ 2-3(General Publisher, 1913)No pistol, revolver or other firearms of a size which may be concealed upon the person, shall be sold, or given away, or otherwise disposed of, except to a person expressly authorized under the provisions of section eighteen hundred and ninety-seven of the penal law to possess and have such firearm.Item Open Access 1913 N.Y. Laws 1627-30, vol. III, ch. 608, § 1, Carrying and Use of Dangerous Weapons Carrying Weapons, Dangerous or Unusual Weapons, § 1(General Publisher, 1913)Prohibited the carrying or possession of any weapon of the kind commonly known as a blackjack, slungshot, billy, sandclub, sandbag, metal knuckles, bludgeon, bomb, or bombshell, and the carrying or possession of any dagger, dirk, dangerous knife, razor, stiletto, or other “dangerous or deadly instruments or weapon.”Item Open Access 1911 N.Y. Laws 442-43, ch. 195, § 1(General Publisher, 1911)Prohibited noncitizens from carrying or possessing firearms or dangerous weapons in a public place are guilty of a felony; law does not apply to regular and ordinary transportation of firearms as merchandise, or for peace officers or military or civil organizations when parading or going to a meeting of their respective organizations.Item Open Access 1911 N.Y. Laws 442-43, ch. 195, § 1(General Publisher, 1911)Prohibited the manufacture, sale, giving, or disposing of any weapon of the kind usually known as a blackjack, slungshot, billy, sandclub, sandbag, bludgeon, or metal knuckles, and the offering, sale, loaning, leasing, or giving of any gun, revolver, pistol, air gun, or spring-gun to a person under the age of 16.Item Open Access 1911 N.Y. Laws 442-43, ch. 195, § 1(General Publisher, 1911)Prohibited the manufacture, sale, giving, or disposing of any weapon of the kind usually known as a blackjack, slungshot, billy, sandclub, sandbag, bludgeon, or metal knuckles, and the offering, sale, loaning, leasing, or giving of any gun, revolver, pistol, air gun, or spring-gun to a person under the age of 16.Item Open Access 1911 N.Y. Laws 442-43, ch. 195, § 1(General Publisher, 1911)Prohibited the carrying or possession of any weapon of the kind commonly known as a blackjack, slungshot, billy, sandclub, sandbag, metal knuckles, or bludgeon, and the carrying or possession of any dagger, dirk, dangerous knife, razor, stiletto, or other “dangerous or deadly instrument or weapon” with intent to use the weapon unlawfully against another.Item Open Access 1911 N. Y. Laws ch. 195, §1, p. 443.(General Publisher, 1911)The "Sullivan Law." Expanded criminal possession of all handguns, concealed or otherwise, without a government-issued license. Later amended in 1913 such that Magistrates could issue only if applicants proved "good moral character" and "proper cause." 1913 N. Y. Laws ch. 608, §1, p. 1629.