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Penal Code, ch. 43, §§ 635-636 (forbidding “toy guns” for minors), MONTGOMERY, CODE OF ORDINANCES 213, 240 (1888 Brown Printing Co.) (Montgomery, Alabama).

, | | 1888

    "...SEC. 635. Any person who shall sell, give or deliver to any minor any small pistol, or any pistol known as a toy pistol, in which powder and ball can be used, or a metallic cartridge containing a leaden b...

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Penal Code, ch. 43, §§ 509, 518, 547, 549, 550, 552, MONTGOMERY, CODE OF ORDINANCES 213, 223-29 (1888 Brown Printing Co.) (Montgomery, Alabama).

, , , , | | 1888

    "...SEC. 509. Any person who uses fire arms of any kind while fighting in the streets, or other public place, (except in self defense or in the execution of law), must, on conviction, be fined not less than o...

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Act of April 6, 1936, No. 82, § 8, Ala. Laws 51, 51 (committing crime when armed).

, | | 1936

"Be It Enacted by the Legislature of Alabama:

        Section 1. DEFINITIONS: “Pistol” as used in this Act, means any firearm with barrel less than twelve inches in length. “Crime of Violence” as used in this Act, means any...

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Act of April 6, 1936, No. 82, § 8, Ala. Laws 51, 52 (delivery to minors and others forbidden).

, | | 1936

"Section 8. DELIVERY TO MINORS AND OTHERS FORBIDDEN. No person shall deliver a pistol to any person under the age of eighteen or to one who he has reasonable cause to believe has been convicted of a crime of violence, or is a drug addict, and habitual ...

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An Act to Prohibit the Taking up or Bearing Arms by Any Person, Persons or Body of Men in a Military Capacity, Unless Authorized by Law, Act No. 94, §§ 1-2 in Acts of the General Assembly of Alabama (1889).

| | 1889

        "Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Alabama, That it shall not be lawful for any person, persons or body of men, whether uniformed or not uniformed, to be associated, assembled or congregated together by or under any name what...

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Using fire-arms while fighting in a public place, § 330, Chapter 3—Offenses Against the Person, A Revised Code of Ordinances of the City of Tuscaloosa (1885).

, | | 1885

"Sec. 330. Using fire arms while fighting in a public place. Any person who, while fighting in the streets or other public place in the city, uses or attempts to use, except in self-defense, any kind of fire arms, must, on conviction, be fined not exce...

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Offenses Against Public Safety, Chapter 6, §§ 375-376, § 380, § 387, & § 420, A Revised Code of Ordinances of the City of Tuscaloosa (1885).

, , | | 1885

"Sec. 375 . Discharging fire-arms.—Any person who shall discharge a gun, pistol, or other fire-arm within the corporate limits of this city, unless in self-defense, or in the execution of the law, or at a military parade by order of the proper office...

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The Code of City of Birmingham, Alabama 662 (1917)

| | 1917

Sec. 1544. Conduct in Parks. No person shall enter or leave any of the public parks of the City of Birmingham except by the gateways; no person shall climb or walk upon the walls or fences thereof; no person shall turn or lead any cattle, horses, goat,...

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1907 Ala. Laws 80

| | 1907

§ 1. That any person who sells, or barters, any pistol of less than twenty-four inches in length of barrel or any brass knucks, metalic knucks, dirks, s...

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1909 Ala. Laws 258, no. 215, §§ 1, 2, 4

| | 1909 Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of Alabama, That it shall be unlawful for any person to carry a pistol concealed about his person. Sec. 2. It shall be unlawful for any person to carry a pistol about his person on premises not his own or under ...

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1899 Ala. Acts 154, An Act For The Better Protection Of Passengers On Railway Trains In This State, § 1.

| | 1898

That it shall be unlawful for any person to discharge any gun, pistol, or other firearm, except in self defense, while on a passenger train in this State; or to recklessly handle any firearm or other weapon in the presence of any other person or person...

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1898 Ala. Acts 190, An Act To Amend The Revenue Laws Of The State Of Alabama, pt. 66-67.

| | 1898

66th. For dealers in pistol, bowie or dirk knives, whether principal stock in trade or not, one hundred dollars. 67th. For wholesale dealers in pistol or rifle cartridges in towns or cities of twenty thousand or more inhabitants, ten dollars. In all ot...

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J. M. Falkner, The Code of Ordinances of the City Council of Montgomery, with the Charter Page151, Image 151 (1879) available at The Making of Modern Law: Primary Sources.

| | 1879

[Ordinances of the City of Montgomery,] § 449. Any person who fires or discharges, or causes to be fired or discharged, any pistol, gun, cannon, anvil, or anything of like kind or character; or who lets off or discharges any rocket, fire-crackers,...

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J. M. Falkner, The Code of Ordinances of the City Council of Montgomery, with the Charter Page 148-49, Image 148-49 (1879) available at The Making of Modern Law: Primary Sources.

| | 1879

§ 428. Any person who, not being threatened with or having good reason to apprehend an attack, or travelling or setting out on a journey, carries concealed about his person a bowie-knife or any other knife of like kind or description, or a pistol ...

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Wade Keyes, The Code of Alabama, 1876 : with References to the Decisions of the Supreme Court of the State upon the Construction of the Statutes; and in Which the General and Permenent Acts of the Session of 1876-7 have been Incorporated Page 901, Image 917 (1877) available at The Making of Modern Law: Primary Sources.

| | 1877

Offenses Against Public Health, § 4229. Shooting and horse-racing on public road. – Any person who discharges a gun, or any other kind of fire-arms, along or across any public road, or engages in a horse race on any public road, must, on con...

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Wade Keyes, The Code of Alabama, 1876 : with References to the Decisions of the Supreme Court of the State upon the Construction of the Statutes; and in Which the General and Permanent Acts of the Session of 1876-7 have been Incorporated Page 914, Image 930 (1877) available at The Making of Modern Law: Primary Sources.

| | 1877

Offenses Against the Person, § 4315. Assault and Battery with cowhide, &c., having pistol or other deadly weapon to intimidate. – Any person who assaults and beats another, with a cowhide, stick, or whip, having in his possession at the ...

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Wade Keyes, The Code of Alabama, 1876: with References to the Decisions of the Supreme Court of the State upon the Construction of the Statutes; and in Which the General and Permanent Acts of the Session of 1876-7 have been Incorporated Page 989, Image 1005 (1877) available at The Making of Modern Law: Primary Sources.

| | 1876

"§ 4809 (4136). Carrying Concealed Weapons. – In an indictment for carrying concealed weapons, it is sufficient to charge that the defendant “carried concealed about his person a pistol, or other description of fire-arms,” or “a bowie-knife, o...

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Wade Keyes, The Code of Alabama, 1876 : with References to the Decisions of the Supreme Court of the State upon the Construction of the Statutes; and in Which the General and Permanent Acts of the Session of 1876-7 have been Incorporated Page 882, Image 898 (1877) available at The Making of Modern Law: Primary Sources.

| | 1876

Offenses Against Public Peace, § 4109. Carrying Concealed Weapons – Any person who, not being threatened with, or having good reason to apprehend, an attack, or traveling, or setting out on a journey, carries concealed about his person a bowie knife...

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Wade Keyes, The Code of Alabama, 1876 : with References to the Decisions of the Supreme Court of the State upon the Construction of the Statutes; and in Which the General and Permenent Acts of the Session of 1876-7 have been Incorporated Page 883, Image 899 (1877) available at The Making of Modern Law: Primary Sources.

, | | 1873

Offenses Against Public Justice, &c. § 4110. Carrying, concealed, brass knuckles and slung-shots. – Any person who carries, concealed about his person, brass knuckles, slung-shot, or other weapon of like kind or description, shall, on co...

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Wade Keyes, The Code of Alabama, 1876 : with References to the Decisions of the Supreme Court of the State upon the Construction of the Statutes; and in Which the General and Permenent Acts of the Session of 1876-7 have been Incorporated Page 929-30, Image 945-46 (1877) available at The Making of Modern Law: Primary Sources.

| | 1871

Offenses Against Property. §4406 (3479). Hunting wild hogs. – Any person who, without first giving notice to at least three freeholders in the neighborhood, hunts, catches, or kills wild hogs, unmarked, with dog and gun, or with either, must...

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