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An Ordinance Prohibiting the Unlawful Carrying of Arms, DAILY DEMOCRATIC STATESMAN, May 29, 1880, at 4 (Austin, TX).

, | | 1880

AN ORDINANCE

    Prohibiting the Unlawful Carrying of Arms.

    ARTICLE 141a—SECTION 1.  Be it ordained by the ...

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An Act to Regulate the Keeping and Beariing of Deadly Weapons, ch. 34, §§ 1-9, 1871 TEX. GEN. LAWS 1ST SESS. 25, 25-27 (1898 Gammel Book Company).

, , | | 1871

CHAPTER XXXIV.

An Act to regulate the keeping and beariing of deadly weapons.

    Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That any person carrying on o...

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An Act to Amend Militia Law, Chapter 16 [H. B. No. 515] in General Laws of the State of Texas Passed at the Regular Session of the Twenty-First Legislature (1889).

| | 1889

“Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas: That Article 3249, of Chapter 2, and Articles 3293, 3294, 3295, 3304, 3306, 3307, 3308, 3318, 3327, and 3329, of Chapter 4, Revised Statutes of Texas, shall be amended to read as follow...

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1879 Tex. Crim. Stat. tit. IX, Ch. 4 (Penal Code)

| | 1879 Art. 318. If any person in this state shall carry on or about his person, saddle, or in his saddle-bags, any pistol, dirk, dagger, slung-shot, sword-cane, spear, brass-knuckles, bowie-knife, or any other kind of knife manufactured or sold for the purposes...

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1933 Tex. Gen. Laws 219-20, 1st Called Sess., An Act Defining “Machine Gun” and “Person”; Making It an Offense to Possess or Use Machine Guns. . . , ch. 82, §§ 1-4, § 6

| | 1933

§ 1. Definition. “Machine gun” applies to and includes a weapon of any description by whatever name known, loaded or unloaded, from which more than five (5) shots or bullets may be automatically discharged from a magazine by a single functioning o...

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1919 Tex. Gen. Laws 297-98, An Act to Preserve, Propagate, Distribute, and Protect the Wild Game, Wild Birds, Wild Fowl of the State . . . , ch. 157, § 42.

| | 1919

It shall be unlawful for any citizen of this State to hunt outside of the county of his residence with a gun without first having procured from the Game, Fish and Oyster Commissioner or one of his deputies or from the County Clerk of the County in whic...

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1909 Tex. Gen. Laws 105, Spec. Laws, An Act to Incorporate the City of Marshall, and to Grant It a New Charter, and to Repeal All Pre-Existing Charters, and to Declare an Emergency, ch. 6, § 136, pt. w.

| | 1909

(w) Riots. – Power to prevent and suppress riots, affrays, noise, breach of the peace, assaults, disturbances or disorderly assembly in any public or private place within the limits of said city, and to provide punishment therefor; to prohibit an...

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1907 Texas Gen. Laws 210, An Act Defining “Burglary with Explosives,” Prescribing Penalty for the Commission Thereof, and Declaring an Emergency, §§ 1-2.

| | 1907

§ 1. Any person who shall commit burglary as defined by the Penal Code of this State, and in the commission of the offense uses nitro-glycerine, dynamite, gunpowder or other high explosives, shall be deemed guilty of burglary with explosives. &sec...

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1901 Texas Gen. Laws 41: §98.

| | 1901

The city council may also regulate or prohibit and prevent the carrying on of work and manufactures that are dangerous in promoting or causing fires, and may prohibit the building or erection of cotton presses and sheds, or may restrict the same to suc...

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1901 Tex. Gen. Laws 300, An Act to amend Article 336 Chapter 3, Title IX of the Penal Code of the State of Texas, relating to affrays and disturbance of the peace.

| | 1901

If any person shall discharge any gun, pistol or firearms of any description, or shall discharge any cannon cracker or torpedo on or across any public square, street or alley in any city, town or village, or in any street, or within one hundred yards o...

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Theodore Harris, Charter and Ordinances of the City of San Antonio. Comprising All Ordinances of a General Character in Force August 7th, 1899 Page 183-184, Image 188-189 (1899) available at The Making of Modern Law: Primary Sources.

| | 1899

Concealed Weapons, § 1. If any person, within the corporate limits of the city of San Antonio, shall carry on or about his or her person, saddle, or in his saddle bags, any pistol, dirk, dagger, sling shot, sword cane, spear, or knuckles made of a...

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Revised Code of Ordinances of the City of Mckinney Page 13, Image 14 (1899) available at The Making of Modern Law: Primary Sources.

| | 1899

Ordinance No. 20, Unlawfully Carrying Arms. Be it ordained by the city council of the city of McKinney: § 1. If any person in the limits of the city of McKinney shall carry on or about his person, saddle, or in his saddle bags, any pistol, dirk, d...

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Revised Ordinances of the City of Victoria Texas Page 75, Image 77 (1899) available at The Making of Modern Law: Primary Sources.

| | 1899

[Ordinances of the City of Victoria,] Revised Penal Ordinances: Discharging Firearms, § 1. If any person shall discharge any gun, pistol or firearm of any description on or across any public square, street or alley, or elsewhere within the corpora...

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Revised Code of Ordinances of the City of Mckinney. Revised Page 40, Image 41 (1899) available at The Making of Modern Law: Primary Sources.

| | 1899

[Ordinances of the City of McKinney,] Storing of Gun Powder and Other Explosives. Be it ordained by the city council of the city of McKinney: That it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to have or keep stored within the limits of the ...

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Revised Code of Ordinances of the City of McKinney Page 16, Image 17 (1899) available at The Making of Modern Law: Primary Sources.

| | 1899

[Ordinances of the City of McKinney,] Ordinance No. 26, Firing Guns, Firecrackers, Etc., Be it ordained by the city council of the city of McKinney: § 1. That it shall be unlawful for any person to fire or shoot any gun, pistol, firecracker or any...

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Theodore Harris, Charter and Ordinances of the City of San Antonio. Comprising All Ordinances of a General Character in Force August 7th, Page 220, Image 225 (1899) available at The Making of Modern Law: Primary Sources.

| | 1899

Ordinances of the City of San Antonio, Ordinances, ch. 22, § 4. If any person shall, within the city limits, draw any pistol, gun, knife, sword-cane, club or any other instrument or weapon whereby death may be caused, in a threatening manner, or f...

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Revised Code of Ordinances of the City of McKinney, Texas, Primary Sources Page 5, Image 6 (1899) available at The Making of Modern Law.

| | 1899

Ordinances of the City of McKinney, Disturbance of the Peace, § 1. That if any person shall go into or near any public place, or into or near any private house and shall use loud and vociferous or obscene, vulgar or indecent language or swear or c...

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1897 Tex. Gen. Laws 214, An Act To Preserve And Protect The Wild Game, Birds, And Wild Fowl, Of The State And Provide Adequate Penalties For The Unlawful Taking, Slaughter, Sale Or Shipment Thereof, And To Repeal All Laws And Parts Of Laws In Conflict Therewith, Chap. 149, § 4.

| | 1897

It shall be unlawful to destroy any wild geese or wild ducks by any means otherwise than by an ordinary gun, capable of being held to and shot from the shoulder, and whoever violates the provision of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor...

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1897 Tex. Gen. Laws 221-22, An Act to Prevent the Barter, Sale and Gift of Any Pistol, Dirk, Dagger, Slung Shot, Sword Cane, Spear, or Knuckles Made of Any Metal or Hard Substance to Any Minor Without the Written Consent of the Parent or Guardian of Such Minor. . . , ch. 155, § 1.

| | 1897

That if any person in this State shall knowingly sell, give or barter, or cause to be sold, given or bartered to any minor, any pistol, dirk, dagger, slung shot, sword-cane, spear or knuckles made of any metal or hard substance, bowie knife or any othe...

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1889 Tex. Gen. Laws 36, Malicious Mischief, Art. 683b

| | 1889

That any person who shall willfully or maliciously throw a stone or other missile or fire a gun or pistol at or into any coach or passenger car of a moving railway train, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be fined...

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Ordinances of the Council of the City of Dallas and Annual Reports of City Officers from October 1st, 1886 to June 25th, 1888 Page 80, Image 80 (1888) available at The Making of Modern Law: Primary Sources.

| | 1887

An Ordinance Prohibiting and Punishing the Unlawful Carrying of Arms, § 1. Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Dallas, that if any person in the City of Dallas shall carry on or about his person, saddle, or in his saddle-bags, any pi...

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Revised Ordinances of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, 1873-1884 Page 207, image 205 (1885) available at The Making of Modern Law: Primary Sources.

| | 1885

Ordinances of the City of Fort Worth, An Ordinance Regulating the Carrying of Weapons and Prohibiting the Carrying of the Same Concealed, § 1. Any person carrying concealed on or about his person any pistol, dirk, dagger, slung shot, sword cane, s...

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