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Subject: Brandishing

Chapter 16—Misdemeanors, § 11—Carrying Concealed Weapons, in, Charter and Revised Ordinances of the City of Glasgow, Howard County, Missouri (1903).

Brandishing, Carrying Weapons, Possession by, Use of, and Sales to Minors and Others Deemed Irresponsible, Sensitive Places and Times | Missouri | 1903

"Sec. 11. Carrying concealed weapons.— If any person shall in this city carry concealed upon or about his person any deadly or dangerous weapon, or shall go into any church or place where people have assembled for religious worship, or into any schoo...

Ordinances that prohibit carrying concealed weapons, bringing weapons to certain places, and selling weapons to minors, Ch. 21, Art. 1, §§ 329-330, in, The Revised Ordinances of the City of Bevier, Missouri (1910).

Brandishing, Carrying Weapons, Possession by, Use of, and Sales to Minors and Others Deemed Irresponsible, Sensitive Places and Times | Missouri | 1910

"Sec. 329, Carrying Deadly Weapons, etc.—

If any person shall carry concealed upon or about his person any deadly or dangerous weapon, or shall go into any church or place where people have assembled for religious worship, or into any school-...

A law regulating weapons: carrying concealed or in certain places, brandishing, and sales to minors, Ordinance No. 31, § 10, in Revised Ordinances of the City of Richmond, Missouri (1910).

Brandishing, Carrying Weapons, Possession by, Use of, and Sales to Minors and Others Deemed Irresponsible, Sensitive Places and Times | Missouri | 1910

"If any person shall carry, concealed upon or about his person any deadly or dangerous weapon, or shall go into any church or place where people have assembled for religious worship, or into any school room where people have assembled for educational, ...

Laws regulating carrying and brandishing firearms, who can own them, where they can be brought, etc., Ch. 20, §§ 293-300, in The Charter and Code of the Ordinances of Yazoo City (1908).

Brandishing, Carrying Weapons, Firing Weapons, Possession by, Use of, and Sales to Minors and Others Deemed Irresponsible, Sensitive Places and Times | Mississippi | 1908

"Deadly weapons; carrying of concealed.
Sec. 293. Any person who carries concealed, in whole or in part, any bowie knife, dirk knife, butcher knife, pistol, brass or metallic knuckles, slungshot, sword, or other deadly weapon of...

An Ordinance Concerning Misdemeanors, §§ 14-15, in General Ordinances of the City of New Franklin (1907).

Brandishing, Carrying Weapons, Sensitive Places and Times | Missouri | 1907

"Sec. 14. If any person shall carry concealed upon or about his person any deadly or dangerous weapon or shall go into any church or place where people are assembled for religious worship or into any school room or place where people are assembled for ...

Deadly Weapons Concealed, Etc., & Shooting Firearms, Ch. 30, §§ 184-185, in Revised Ordinances City of Sarcoxie, Jasper County, MO (1907).

Brandishing, Carrying Weapons, Firing Weapons, Possession by, Use of, and Sales to Minors and Others Deemed Irresponsible | Missouri | 1907

"Sec. 184—Deadly Weapons Concealed, Etc. If any person shall carry concealed upon or about his person any deadly or dangerous weapon, or shall go into any church or place where people have assembled for religious worship, or into any school room or p...

A law regulating the carrying of weapons in Slater, MO, Ch. 19, § 231, in Revised Ordinances of the City of Slater, Saline County, Missouri (1908).

Brandishing, Carrying Weapons, Sensitive Places and Times | Missouri | 1908

"Sec. 231. If any person shall, within the City limits, carry concealed upon or about his person any dangerous or deadly weapon, or shall go into any church or place where people have assembled for religious worship, or into any school room or place wh...

Carrying Concealed Weapons, No. 36, Art. 6, § 3, in The Charter and Revised Ordinances of the City of Palmyra, Missouri (1908).

Brandishing, Carrying Weapons, Possession by, Use of, and Sales to Minors and Others Deemed Irresponsible, Sensitive Places and Times | Missouri | 1908

"Sec. 3. If any person in this city shall carry concealed upon or about his person any deadly or dangerous weapon, or shall go into any church or place where people have assembled for religious worship or into any school room or place where people are ...

Ordinances that prohibit carrying concealed weapons, bringing weapons to certain places, and firing weapons, Ch. 23, Art. 1, Ord. No. 2019, §§ 75-76 in Revised and Republished Ordinances of The City of Joplin, Missouri (1903).

Brandishing, Carrying Weapons, Firing Weapons, Possession by, Use of, and Sales to Minors and Others Deemed Irresponsible, Sensitive Places and Times | Missouri | 1903

"Sec.75. CARRYING CONCEALED WEAPONS.—If any person shall, in the City of Joplin, carry concealed upon or about his person, any deadly or dangerous weapon or shall go into any church or place where people have assembled for religious worsh...

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).

Brandishing, Carrying Weapons, Firing Weapons, Sensitive Places and Times, Transportation | Arizona | 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 anot...

Ch. 33—Fire Arms, §§ 417-423 in Ordinances of the City of Cleveland (1890).

Brandishing, Firing Weapons | Ohio | 1890

"Sec. 417. No person shall fire any cannon, gun, rifle, pistol, toy pistol or firearms of any kind, or fire or explode any squib, rocket, cracker or Roman candle or other combustible fireworks or make use of any sling within the city.
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Ch. 25—Crimes & Punishment, Art. 47—Concealed Weapons, §§ 1-10 in The Statutes of Oklahoma (1890).

Brandishing, Carrying Weapons, Hunting, Manufacturing, Inspection and Sale of Gunpowder and Firearms, Possession by, Use of, and Sales to Minors and Others Deemed Irresponsible, Sensitive Places and Times | Oklahoma | 1890

“Sec. 1. It shall be unlawful for any person in the Territory of Oklahoma to carry concealed on or about his person, saddle, or saddle bags, any pistol, revolver, bowie knife, dirk, dagger, slung-shot, sword cane, spear, metal knuckles, o...

Carrying Deadly Weapons, etc., Ch. 24, Art. 2, § 1274, The Revised Statutes of the State of Missouri, Vol. 1 (1879)

Brandishing, Carrying Weapons, Possession by, Use of, and Sales to Minors and Others Deemed Irresponsible, Sensitive Places and Times | Missouri | 1879

Sec. 1274. Carrying deadly weapons, etc.—If any person shall carry concealed, upon or about his person, any deadly or dangerous weapon, or shall go into any church or place where people have assembled for religio...

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).

Brandishing, Firing Weapons | Alabama | 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...

Joplin Code of 1917, Art. 67, § 1201. Weapons; Deadly.

Brandishing, Carrying Weapons, Possession by, Use of, and Sales to Minors and Others Deemed Irresponsible | Missouri | 1917 If any person shall carry concealed upon or about his person a dangerous or deadly weapon of any kind or description, or shall go into any church or place where people have assembled for religious worship, or into any school room or place where people are...

1890 Okla. Laws 495, art. 47

Brandishing, Carrying Weapons, Hunting, Possession by, Use of, and Sales to Minors and Others Deemed Irresponsible | Oklahoma | 1890 Sec. 1. It shall be unlawful for any person in the Territory of Oklahoma to carry concealed on or about his person, saddle, or saddle bags, any pistol, revolver, bowie knife, dirk, dagger, slung-shot, sword cane, spear, metal knuckles, or any other kind o...

An Act to Prohibit the Unlawful Carrying and Use of Deadly Weapons, Feb. 18, 1887, reprinted in Acts of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of New Mexico, Twenty-Seventh Session 55, 58 (1887).

Brandishing, Carrying Weapons, Dangerous or Unusual Weapons, Firing Weapons, Transportation | New Mexico | 1887 Sec. 1. That any person who shall hereafter carry a deadly weapon, either concealed or otherwise, on or about the settlements of this territory, except it be in his or her residence, or on his or her landed estate, and in the lawful defense of his or her ...

1931 Mich. Pub. Acts 670, The Michigan Penal Code, ch. 37, §233.

Brandishing | Michigan | 1931

1925 Or. Laws 172-73, An Act to Amend Section 1925, Oregon Laws, Relating to Pointing a Gun at Another, ch. 117, § 1.

Brandishing | Oregon | 1925

It shall be unlawful for any person over the age of twelve years, with or without malice, purposely to point or aim any pistol, gun, revolver or other firearm, within range of said firearm, either loaded or empty, at or toward any other person, except ...

1910 S.C. Acts 694, An Act to make it a misdemeanor to point a pistol or gun at any other person: § 1.

Brandishing | South Carolina | 1910

§ 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina, That from and after the approval of this Act it shall be unlawful for any person to present or point at any other person any loaded or unloaded firearm, and any one, on con...

1909 Id. Sess. Laws 6, An Act to Regulate the Use and Carrying of Concealed Deadly Weapons and to Regulate the Sale or Delivery of Deadly Weapons to Minors Under the Age of Sixteen Years to Provide a Penalty for the Violation of the Provisions of this Act, and to Exempt Certain Persons, § 1.

Brandishing | Idaho | 1909

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.

Brandishing | Washington | 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...

1907 Ark. Acts 810, § 1.

Brandishing | Arkansas | 1907

Every person and the aiders and abetters of every person who shall draw a pistol, gun or any other deadly weapon upon any other person or shall serve or give notice either verbal or in writing to any other person or shall place notice upon the door or ...

1905 Ind. Acts 687, Weapon—Drawing Dangerous, § 448.

Brandishing | Indiana | 1905

Whoever draws, or threatens to use, any pistol, dirk, knife, slung-shot or other deadly or dangerous weapon, already drawn upon any other person, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction, shall be fined not less than one dollar nor mo...

1901 Ariz. Acts 1253, Crimes Against the Public Peace, § 392.

Brandishing | Arizona | 1901

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...

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