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The Indiana Repository serves for historical, academic, and cultural materials related to the state of Indiana. This repository includes research studies, historical documents, and scholarly works that explore Indiana's development, culture, and contributions to regional and national history.

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1804 Ind. Acts 108, A Law Entitled a Law Respecting Slaves, § 4
(General Publisher, 1804)
Prohibited a “slave or mulatto” from carrying or possessing a gun, powder, shot, club or other weapon and ammunition.
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1819 Ind. Acts 39, An Act to Prohibit the Wearing of Concealed Weapons
(General Publisher, 1819)
Prohibited concealed carry of an dirk, pistol, sword in cane, or any other unlawful weapon. Violators guilty of a misdemeanor, fined not more than one hundred dollars.
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1820 Ind. Acts 39, ch. 11, § 1
(General Publisher, 1820)
Prohibited any person from wearing or carrying any dirk, pistol, sword-cane, or other dangerous weapon. Violators punished by fine not exceeding one hundred dollars.
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1831 Ind. Rev. Stat. 192, ch. 26, § 58
(General Publisher, 1831)
Prohibited the concealed carry of a dirk, pistol, sword-cane, or other dangerous weapon. Violators fined not exceeding one hundred dollars.
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1836 Ind. Acts 77, An Act to Prevent Disasters on Steam Boats, § 7
(General Publisher, 1836)
Required gun powder to be transported upon steam boats stowed away as great a distance as possible from the furnace. Written notification shall be posted in three places. In the event of loss of property or life from the powder, the owner shall be liable.
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1843 Ind. Acts 982, ch. 53, sec. 107
(General Publisher, 1843)
Prohibited the concealed wear or carry of any dirk, pistol, sword in a cane, or other dangerous weapon. Violators fined not exceeding one hundred dollars.
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1847 Ind. Acts 93, An Act to Incorporate the City of Jeffersonville, and the Several Acts Amendatory Thereto Into One Act, and to Amend the Same, chap 77, § 49, pt. 8
(General Publisher, 1847)
Granted the the city of Jeffersonville the authority to regulate and license the keepers of gunpowder and other explosive compounds
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1855 Ind. Acts 153, An Act to Provide for the Punishment of Persons Interfering with Trains or Railroads, ch. 79, § 1
(General Publisher, 1855)
Prohibited the carrying of any dirk, pistol, Bowie knife, dagger, sword in cane, or any other dangerous or deadly weapon with the intent of injuring another person. Exempted any person who was a “traveler.” Punishable by fine up to $500.
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1855 Ind. Acts 153, ch. 79, §§ 1–2
(General Publisher, 1855)
Prohibited shooting at or throwing projectiles at any locomotive, car, or train of cars containing people. Includes the use of guns, pistols, other weapons, or throwing stones, sticks, clubs or "any other substance whatever." Violators guilty of a misdemeanor and fined not less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars and imprisoned not less than ten days nor more than three months.
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1859 Ind. Acts 129, ch. 78, § 1
(General Publisher, 1859)
Prohibited the wear or carry of any dirk, pistol, Bowie-knife, dagger, sword-cane, or any other dangerous or deadly weapon with the intent or avowed purpose of injuring another. Violators fined not exceeding five hundred dollars.
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1875 Ind. Acts 59, ch. 40 § 1-2
(General Publisher, 1875)
Prohibited the sale, barter, or transfer of any pistol, dirk, Bowie-knife, slung-shot, knuckles, or other deadly weapon to any adult under the age of twenty-one. Violators guilty of a misdemeanor and fined not less than five but no more than fifty dollars.
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1875 Ind. Acts 62, ch. 17, § 1
(General Publisher, 1875)
Prohibited the drawing or threatening to use a pistol, dirk, knife, slungshot, or any other deadly or dangerous weapon. Punishable by fine of $1-500, and potentially imprisonment up to 6 months.
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1879 Ind. Acts 210, An Act To Amend the Thirtieth Section of an Act Entitled “An Act Granting The Citizens Of The Town Of Evansville, In The County Of Vanderburgh," pt. 9
(General Publisher, 1879)
Granted the city council the authority to regulate the keeping and conveying of gunpowder and all other combustible and dangerous materials, including the use of candles and lights in barnes and stables.
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1881 Ind. Acts 191, ch. 37, § 81
(General Publisher, 1881)
Prohibited drawing or threatening to use any pistol, dirk, knife, slung-shot, or any other deadly or dangerous weapon. Violators guilty of a misdemeanor, fined not less than one but no more than five hundred dollars. Violators may also be subject to imprisonment not exceeding six months.
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1881 Ind. Acts 191, ch. 37, § 82
(General Publisher, 1881)
Prohibited wear or carry of any dirk, pistol, Bowie-knife, dagger, sword-cane, or any other dangerous or deadly weapon concealed, or who carries openly with intent or avowed purpose of injuring another. Violators shall be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars.
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1883 Ind. Acts 1712, Pointing or Aiming Firearms a Misdemeanor, chap. 87, § 6678
(General Publisher, 1883)
Prohibited anyone over the age of ten to purposefully point any pistol, gun revolver, or other firearm, loaded or unloaded at or toward any other person. Violators fined not less than five hundred dollars.
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1901 Ind. Acts 206, Public Comfort and Health, § 4077
(General Publisher, 1901)
Allowed the cities with populations of more than thirty thousand and less than thirty six and a half thousand in population to regulate the storage of gun powder, tar, pitch, resin, coal oil, benzene, turpentine, hemp, cotton, nitroglycerine, dynamite, giant powder, petroleum, gasoline, or gas, or other explosive or combustible material which may seem dangeorus
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1905 Ind. Acts 677, ch. 169, § 410
(General Publisher, 1905)
Prohibited maliciously or mischievously shooting a gun, rifle, pistol or other weapon, or throwing a stone, stick, club or any other substance at a vehicle. Punishable by imprisonment for 30 days to 1 year and a fine of $10-100.
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1905 Ind. Acts 688, Toy Pistols, § 451
(General Publisher, 1905)
Prohibited the manufacture, sale, exposing for sale, or giving away as a prize, or reward, any toy pistol or other device for the purpose of exploding caps or wafers containing fulminates or other explosive compounds. Violators guilty of a misdemeanor, fined not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars, or imprisoned in county jail not less than ten days nor more than twenty days.
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1905 Ind. Acts 688, Weapon— Furnishing to Minor, § 450
(General Publisher, 1905)
Prohibited selling, bartering, exchanging, disposing of, or furnishing any dirk, Bowie-knife, slung-shot, metal knuckles, pistol cartridges, or other deadly weapon which can be carried concealed, to anyone under the age of twenty-one. Violators guilty of a misdemeanor, fined not less than five nor more than fifty dollars.