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Rose M. Denny, ed., The Municipal Code of the City of Spokane, Washington (Spokane, WA; W.D. Knight, 1896), p. 309-10, Ordinance No. A544, Sec. 1

| | 1895

ORDINANCE No. A544. AN ORDINANCE TO PUNISH THE CARRYING OF CONCEALED WEAPONS WITHIN THE CITY OF SPOKANE.

The City of Spokane does ordain as follows:

SECTION I. If any person within the City of Spokane shall carry upon his person any con...

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1933 Wash. Sess. Laws 335-36, An Act Relating to Machine Guns, Regulating the Manufacture, Possession, Sale of Machine Guns and Parts, and Providing Penalty for the Violation Thereof, and Declaring an Emergency, ch. 64, §§ 1-5.

| | 1933

§ 1. That it shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture, own, buy, sell, loan, furnish, transport, or have in possession, or under control, any machine gun, or any part thereof capable of use or assembling or repairing any machine gun: provid...

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1913 Wash. Sess. Laws 90-91, An Act Relating to the Method of Killing Water Fowl . . . , ch. 33, § 1.

| | 1913

§ 1. . . Every person who shall use any sink box or sink boat or sneak boat for the purpose of shooting wild ducks, geese, swan or other water fowl, or who shall use any battery, swivel or pivot gun, or any gun other than one to be held in the han...

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1911 Wash. Sess. Laws 303, An Act Relating to the Carrying of Firearms, Requiring Licenses of Certain Persons, and Fixing a Penalty for the Violation Thereof, ch. 52, § 1.

, | | 1911

It shall be unlawful for any person who is not a citizen of the United States, or who has not declared his intention to become a citizen of the United States, to carry or have in his possession at any time any shot gun, rifle or other firearm, without ...

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1909 Wash. Sess. Laws 984, An Act Relating to Crimes and Punishments and the Rights and Custody of Persons Accused or Convicted of Crime, and Repealing Certain Acts, ch. 249, ch. 8, § 308.

| | 1909

Use of Firearms by Minor. No minor under the age of fourteen years shall handle or have in his possession or under his control, except while accompanied by or under his control, except while accompanied by or under the immediate charge of his parent or...

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1909 Wash. Sess. Laws 973, An Act Relating to Crimes and Punishments and the Rights and Custody of Persons Accused or Convicted of Crime, and Repealing Certain Acts, ch. 249, ch. 7, §266, pts. 1-3.

| | 1909

§ 266. Setting Spring Guns. Every person who shall set a so-called trap, spring pistol, rifle, or other deadly weapon, shall be punished as follows: 1. If no injury result therefrom to any human being, by imprisonment in the county jail for not mo...

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1909 Wash. Sess. Laws 984, An Act Relating to Crimes and Punishments and the Rights and Custody of Persons Accused or Convicted of Crime, and Repealing Certain Acts, ch. 249, ch. 8, § 307.

| | 1909

Aiming or Discharging Firearms. Every person who shall aim any gun, pistol, revolver or other firearm, whether loaded or not, at or towards any human being, or who shall willfully discharge any firearm, air gun or other weapon, or throw any deadly miss...

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1907 Wash. Sess. Laws 634-636, An Act Relating to Cities of the Second Class and Providing for the Government of Such Cities . . . , ch. 241, § 29, pt. 21.

| | 1907

Powers of Council Enumerated. The city council of such city shall have power and authority: . . . 21. Combustibles; To regulate or prohibit the loading or storage of gunpowder and combustible or explosive materials in the city, or transporting the same...

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Richard Achilles Ballinger, Ballinger’s Annotated Codes and Statutes of Washington: Showing All Statutes in Force, Including the Session Laws of 1897 Page 1957, Image 732 (Vol. 2, 1897) available at The Making of Modern Law: Primary Sources.

| | 1897

Armed Bodies of Men, § 7085. That it shall be unlawful for any person, corporation or association of persons, or agents of any person, or member, agent or officer of any corporation or association of persons, to organize, maintain or employ an arm...

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Richard Achilles Ballinger, Ballinger’s Annotated Codes and Statutes of Washington: Showing All Statutes in Force, Including the Session Laws of 1897 Page 1956-1957, Image 731-732 (Vol. 2, 1897) available at The Making of Modern Law: Primary Sources.

| | 1897

Carrying Concealed Weapons, § 7084. If any person shall carry upon his person any concealed weapon, consisting of either a revolver, pistol, or other fire-arms, or any knife, (other than an ordinary pocket knife), or any dirk or dagger, sling-shot...

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Rose M. Denny, The Municipal Code of the City of Spokane, Washington. Comprising the Ordinances of the City (Excepting Ordinances Establishing Street Grades) Revised to October 22, 1896 Page 309-310, Image 315-316 (1896) available at The Making of Modern Law: Primary Sources.

| | 1896

Ordinances of Spokane, An Ordinance to Punish the Carrying of Concealed Weapons within the City of Spokane, § 1. If any person within the City of Spokane shall carry upon his person any concealed weapon, consisting of either a revolver, pistol or ...

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Edward D. McLaughlin, The Revised Statutes and Codes of the State of Washington Page 686, Image 738 (1896) available at the Making of Modern Law: Primary Sources

| | 1896

Public Nuisance, § 3910 – Certain Defined. It is a public nuisance—5. To carry on the business of manufacturing gun powder, nitroglycerine or other highly explosive substance, or mixing or grinding the materials therefor, in any buildi...

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Albert R. Heilig, Ordinances of the City of Tacoma, Washington Page 333-334, Image 334-335 (1892) available at The Making of Modern Law: Primary Sources.

| | 1892

Ordinances of the City of Tacoma, An Ordinance Defining Disorderly Persons and Prescribing the Punishment for Disorderly Conduct Within the City of Tacoma. All persons (except police officers and other persons whose duty it is to execute process or war...

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Albert R Heilig, Ordinances of the City of Tacoma, Washington Page 334, Image 335 (1892) available at The Making of Modern Law: Primary Sources.

| | 1892

Ordinances of Tacoma, Defining Disorderly persons and Prescribing the Punishment for disorderly conduct within the city of Tacoma, § 1. . . . All persons (except police officers as aforesaid) who shall draw, exhibit or attempt to use any deadly we...

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Del Cary Smith, Ordinances of the City of Port Townsend, Washington, Comprising the General Ordinances of the City, Together with the Private Ordinances Now in Force Page 27, Image 28 (1890) available at The Making of Modern Law: Primary Sources.

| | 1890

[Ordinances of Port Townsend, WA,] Division III, Offenses Against Public Safety, Convenience and Health, § 15. Whoever shall fire or discharge any cannon, gun, pistol revolver or any firearm of any description, or shall fire, or explode or set off...

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Charter and Ordinances of the City of Olympia: Also General Laws of Washington Territory, Relative to the Government of Incorporated Cities and Towns Page 90, Image 94 (1886) available at The Making of Modern Law: Primary Sources.

| | 1886

Ordinances of [Olympia Washington], An Ordinance to Regulate the Transportation, Storage and Sale of Gunpowder, Dynamite, and Nitro-glycerine within the City of Olympia. The City of Olympia does ordain as follows: § 1. Any person or persons who sh...

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Charter and Ordinances of the City of Olympia: Also General Laws of Washington Territory, Relative to the Government of Incorporated Cities and Towns Page 80, Image 84 (1886) available at The Making of Modern Law: Primary Sources.

| | 1886

Ordinances of The [City of Olympia], Ordinance No. 152, An Ordinance Relating to Offenses and Disorderly Conduct, § 4. Any person who shall, within the following limits, to wit: between Union street on the south-east corner of Cherry; thence north...

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Edward D. McLaughlin, The Revised Statutes and Codes of the State of Washington Page 1042, Image 1094 (1896) available at The Making of Modern Law: Primary Sources.

| | 1883

Sale of Toy Pistols to Children, It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to sell or offer for sale, any toy pistols within this state, and every person who shall sell, give, furnish, or cause to be furnished to any person under the age of sixtee...

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1883 Wash. Sess. Laws 102 An Act for the Protection of Fish and Game, § 12.

| | 1883

Every person who shall use any sink box on any lake or river, or other waters in Washington Territory, for the purpose of shooting ducks or geese or other water fowls therefrom, or who shall use any batteries or swivel or pivot gun on boats, canvas, ra...

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1883 Wash. Sess. Laws 161, An Act to Incorporate the City of Ellensburgh, ch. 2, § 20.

| | 1883

The city of Ellensburg shall have power to prevent injury or annoyance from anything dangerous, offensive, or unhealthy . . . to regulate the transportation storing and keeping of gunpowder and other combustibles and to provide or license magazines for...

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1883 Wash. Sess. Laws 139-40, An Act to Incorporate the City of Whatcom, ch. 2, § 8.

| | 1883

The city of Whatcom shall have the power to prevent injury or annoyance from anything dangerous, offensive, or unhealthy . . . to regulate and prohibit the carrying of deadly weapons in a concealed manner; to regulate and prohibit the use of guns, pist...

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William Lair Hill, Ballinger’s Annotated Codes and Statutes of Washington, Showing All Statutes in Force, Including the Session Laws of 1897 Page 1956, Image 731 (Vol. 2, 1897) available at The Making of Modern Law: Primary Sources.

| | 1881

Flourishing Dangerous Weapon, etc. Every person who shall in a manner likely to cause terror to the people passing, exhibit or flourish, in the streets of an incorporated city or unincorporated town, any dangerous weapon, shall be deemed guilty of a mi...

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1881 Wash. Sess. Laws 121-22, An Act to Incorporate the City of Port Townsend, ch. 2, § 21.

| | 1881

The City of Port Townsend has power to prevent injury or annoyance from anything dangerous, offensive, or unhealthy, and . . . to regulate the transportation and keeping of gunpowder, or other combustibles, and to provide or license magazines for the s...

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1881 Wash. Sess. Laws 93, An Act to Incorporate the City of Dayton, chap. 2, § 20.

| | 1881

The city of Dayton shall have power to prevent injury or annoyance from anything dangerous, offensive, or unhealthy, and . . . to regulate the transportation, storing and keeping of gunpowder and other combustibles and to provide or license magazines f...

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