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August 2023

1824, Laws of the Columbian College, ch. 5, § 2, no. 10.

Posted by on August 2, 2023

“10th. No student shall keep a servant, nor shall he keep fire arms, or any deadly weapon whatever. He shall bring no gun-powder upon the College premises; nor shall horses or dogs be kept by students for their private use or pleasure.” Full Text: 1824, Columbian College Laws of the Columbian College in the District […]

An Ordinance Prohibiting the Carrying of Firearms, Ordinances of the Corporation of Georgetown (1859).

Posted by on April 24, 2023

“Be it ordained by the Board of Aldermen and Board of Common Council of the Corporation of Georgetown, That from and after the 1st of April, 1859, it shall not be lawful for any person or persons to have about their persons any concealed deadly or dangerous weapons, such as daggers, pistols, bowie-knives, dirk-knives, colt, […]

An Ordinance to prevent shooting with guns, or other fire-arms. Georgetown, D.C. (1801).

Posted by on April 6, 2023

“[I]t shall not be lawful for any person to shoot with any gun, or other fire-arm, within any of the inhabited parts of Georgetown or its additions; and if any person shall, contrary to this ordinance, shoot any gun or other fire-arm, such person shall forfeit and pay five dollars for every offence, to be […]

Washington D.C. 47 Stat. 650, 651-652 (1932)

Posted by on November 18, 2022

CARRYING CONCEALED WEAPONS SEC. 4. No person shall within the District of Columbia carry  concealed on or about his person, except in his dwelling house or place of business or on other land possessed by him, a pistol, without a license therefor issued as hereinafter provided, or any deadly or dangerous weapon. EXCEPTIONS SEC. 5. […]

Washington D.C. 27 Stat. 116 (1892)

Posted by on November 18, 2022

CHAP. 159.–An Act to punish the carrying or selling of deadly or dangerous weapons within the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That it shall not be lawful for any person or persons within the […]

The Compiled Statutes in Force in the District of Columbia including the Acts of the Second Session of the Congress 1887-’89, William Stone Albert & Benjamin G. comps., 178 1894 (Act of July 20, 1871)

Posted by on November 18, 2022

SEC. 119. It shall not be lawful for any person or persons to carry or have concealed about their persons any deadly or dangerous. weapons, such as daggers, air-guns, pistols, bowie-knives, dirk- knives, or dirks, razors, razor-blades, sword-canes, slung-shots, or brass or other metal knuckles, within the District of Columbia; and having concealed about their […]

1 William B. Webb The Laws of the Corporation of the of Washington Digested and Arranged under Appropriate in Accordance with a Joint Resolution of the City 418 (1868), Act of Nov. 18, 1858.

Posted by on November 18, 2022

It shall not be lawful for any person or persons to carry or have concealed about their persons any deadly or dangerous weapons, such as dagger, pistol, bowie knife, dirk knife, or dirk, colt, slungshot, or brass or other metal knuckles within the City of Washington; and any person or persons who shall be duly […]

An Act to Prevent the Carrying of Concealed Weapons, Aug. 10, 1871, reprinted in Laws of the District of Columbia: 1871-1872, Part II, 33 (1872).

Posted by on July 13, 2020

Ch. XXV. Be in enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the District of Columbia, That it shall not be lawful for any person or persons to carry or have concealed about their persons any deadly or dangerous weapons, such as daggers, air-guns, pistols, bowie-knives, dirk-knives, or dirks, razors, razor-blades, sword-canes, slung-shots, or brass or other […]