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Laws regulating brandishing, firing, carrying, & concealed carrying of firearms, Title 11, §§ 381, 382, 385, 386, 390, & 392 in The Revised Statutes of Arizona Territory (1901).

    "Sec. 381. Any person who shall, purposely or carelessly, discharge any gun, pistol or other firearm in any saloon, dance house, store or other public house or business house in this territory, thereby endangering the life or person of another, or thereby disturbing any of the inmates thereof, or who shall thereby injure, destroy or damage any property therein, or who shall discharge the same in any city, village or town of this territory, except in necessary self-defense, shall be fined in any sum not exceeding three hundred dollars, or be imprisoned in the county jail for a period not exceeding six months, or shall be punished by both such fine and imprisonment.
    Sec. 382. It shall be unlawful for any person (except a peace officer in actual service and discharge of his duty), to have or carry concealed on or about his person, any pistol or other firearm, dirk, dagger, slung-shot, sword-cane, spear, brass knuckles, or other knuckles of metal, bowie-knife or any kind of knife or weapon, except a pocketknife, not manufactured and used for the purpose of offense and defense."

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    "Sec. 385. If any person within any settlement, town, village or city within this territory shall carry on or about his person, saddle, or in saddlebags, any pistol, dirk, dagger, slung-shot, sword-cane, spear, brass knuckles, bowie-knife, or any other kind of knife manufactured or sold for purposes of offense or defense, he shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars; and, in addition thereto, shall forfeit to the county in which he is convicted the weapon or weapons so carried.
    Sec. 386. The preceding section shall not apply to a person in actual service as a militiaman, nor as a peace officer or policeman, or person summoned to his aid, nor to a revenue or other civil officer engaged in the discharge of official duty, nor to the carrying of arms on one's own premises or place of business, nor to persons traveling, nor to one who has reasonable ground for fearing an unlawful attack upon his person, and the danger is so imminent and threatening as not to admit of the arrest of the party about to make such attack upon legal process."

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    "Sec. 390. Persons traveling may be permitted to carry arms within settlements or towns of the territory, for one-half hour after arriving in such settlements or towns, and while going out of such towns or settlements; and sheriffs and constables of the various counties of this territory and their lawfully appointed deputies may carry weapons in the legal discharge of the duties of their respective offices."

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    "Sec. 392. Every person who, not in necessary self-defense, in the presence of two or more persons, draws or exhibits any deadly weapon in a rude, angry or threatening manner, or who, in any manner, unlawfully uses the same in any fight or quarrel, is guilty of a misdemeanor."

1901, AZ, Title 11, §§ 381, 382, 385, 386, 390, & 392 of the AZ Penal Code


The Revised Statutes of Arizona Territory: Containing Also the Laws Passed by the Twenty-First Legislative Assembly, the Constitution of the United States, the Organic Law of Arizona and the Amendments of Congress Relating Thereto (Columbia, MO: Press of E. W. Stephens, 1901), 1249-1254. Penal Code, Part One of Crimes and Punishments: Title 11—Of Crimes Against the Public Peace, §§ 381, 382, 385, 386, 390, & 392.



N.B. Much of Title 11 deals with gun laws; however, the above sections have been grouped together and separated out to facilitate faster and more targeted searching. Sections 383, 387, 388, 389, and 391 are also included in the repository, albeit grouped separately (also in the interest of expediting searches). As is the case with all laws entered into the repository later than March 2023, the entire section that the law is part of has been included in the attached document. To preclude the possibility of presenting data out of context, any laws that have had sections or words elided from them for editorial purposes will have the entirety of the law (i.e., chapter/title/article/etc.) of which they are part included in the attached PDF.