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A Law for the Better Preventing of Fire, no. 4, § 6, N.Y., LAWS, STATUTES, ORDINANCES AND CONST. ETC. (1763 John Holt).

, | | 1763

    VI. AND be it further Ordained by the Authority aforesaid, That if any Children, Youth, Apprentices, Servants, or other Persons, do fire and discharge any Gun, Pistol, Leaden-Gun, Rockets, Crackers, Squibs, or other Fire-Works, at any Ma...

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SAN FRANCISCO, PROPOSED CHARTER, art. 2, ch. 4, § 1, no. 13 at 31, 31 (1883).

, , | | 1883

“CHAPTER IV.
OF LEGISLATIVE POWERS.


SECTION 1. The Supervisors shall have power to pass ordinances:
    1. To regulate traffic and sales in the streets,...

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An Act to Prohibit the Sale, Gift, or Bartering of Deadly Weapons or Ammunition Therefor, to Minors, ch. 40, §§ 1-2, 1875 Ind. Laws 59, 59.

, | | 1875

"CHAPTER XL.
AN ACT to prohibit the sale, gift, or bartering of deadly weapons or ammunition therefor, to minors.

[APPROVED FEBRUARY 27, 1875.]

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An Ordinance Regarding the Carrying of Concealed Weapons and Sale of Deadly Weapons, THE CONCORDIA WEEKLY DAYLIGHT, May 22, 1888 at 7.

, , | | 1888

"[First published May 22, 1888.]
Ordinance No. 277.
An ordinance regarding the carrying of concealed weapons and sale of deadly weapons, and repealing Sec. 117 of ordinance No. 102.

Be it ordai...

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E. ST. LOUIS, IL, REV. MUNICIPAL CODE ch. 39, art. 1, §§ 885, 887-888 (1908).

, , , | | 1908

"SEC. 885. Concealed Weapons.] Whoever shall, within said city, wear or carry concealed on his person any pistol, revolver, slung-shot, metallic knuckles, bowie knife, dirk, razor, or other dangerous or deadly weapon; or whoever shall display or flouri...

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An Act Defining Crimes, Regulating Criminal Procedure and for Other Purposes, ch. 73, § 97, in 1890 Wyo. Sess. Laws 127, 140.

| | 1890

"SEC. 97. It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, barter or give to any other person under the age of twenty-one years any pistol, dirk or bowie-knife, slung-shot, knucks or other deadly weapon that can be wor...

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An Ordinance Prohibiting the Sale to or Furnishing Minors with Firearms, §§ 1-2, in 1873 Proceedings of the Common Council of the City of Chicago, at 114 (1874).

| | 1873

"The following is the ordinance as passed: AN ORDINANCE Prohibiting the sale to or furnishing minors with firearms.


Be it Ordained by the Common Council of the City of Chicago:

SECTION 1. Th...

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BUTLER, MO. REV. ORDINANCES ch. 15, art. 1, No. 18, §§ 44-45 at 78, 90-91 (1906).

, , | | 1906

"SEC. 44. 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...

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Act of Mar. 28, 1912, ch. 225, §§ 1-5, N.J. Laws 364, 364-66.

, , , , , | | 1912

"BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

    ‘1. Any person who shall carry any revolver, pistol, firearm, bludgeon, blackjack, knuckles, sand-bag, slung-shot or other deadly, offensi...

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An Act to Amend the Criminal Laws of this State, ch. 81, §§ 2-3, 1856 Tenn. Acts 92, 92.

| | 1856

"CHAPTER 81.
AN ACT to Amend the Criminal Laws of this State...

...

    SEC. 2. Be it enacted, That, hereafter, it shall be unlawful for any person to s...

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HOLTON, KAN. REV. ORDINANCES No. 169, §§ 18-21 at 130, 134-35 (1905) (effective Aug. 8, 1888).

, , , | | 1888

    "SEC. 18.     It shall be unlawful for any person within this city to carry upon his person a pistol, dirk. bowie knife, or other deadly weapon concealed or otherwise, and any person so doing shall, upon c...

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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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Act of March 23, 1935, ch. 172, § 8, Wash. Sess. Laws 599, 601.

, | | 1935

"SEC. 8. Delivery to Minors and Others Forbid­den. No person shall deliver a pistol to any person under the age of twenty-one or to one who he has reasonable cause to believe has been convicted of a crime...

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Uniform Firearms Act, ch. 208, § 8, 1935 S.D. Sess. Laws 355, 356.

| | 1935

"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, an ha...

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Act of June 11, 1931, No. 158, § 8, PA. Laws 497, 499 (regulating and licensing the sale, transfer, and possession of certain firearms).

, | | 1931

"Section 8. No person shall deliver a firearm 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, an habitual drunkard, or of unsound mind."

F...

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Carrying Deadly Weapons, Discharging Fire-Arms, etc., Ch. 12, Art. 3, §§ 50-52, in The Revised Ordinances of the City of Bloomfield (1898).

, , , | | 1898

"Sec. 50. 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, within this city, where people are assembled for religious worship, or into any...

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A law forbidding weapons in certain places, sales of weapons to minors, etc., Ch. 45—Misdemeanors, § 32, in General Ordinances of the City of Brookfield Linn County, Missouri (1900).

, , , | | 1900

"Sec. 32. Carrying Concealed Weapons.—If any person shall, with­in 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 in...

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Laws that prohibit carrying concealed weapons, bringing weapons to certain places, and selling weapons to minors, Revised Ordinance No. 16, §§ 44-45, in The Revised Ordinances of the City of Maryville (1903).

, , , | | 1903

"Sec. 44. Carrying Concealed Weapons.—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 pla...

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Laws concerning carrying weapons in certain places, sales of weapons to minors, etc., Chapter 21—Misdemeanors, § 162, in Revised Ordinances of the City of Hamilton, Cauldwell County, Missouri (1903).

, , , | | 1903

"Sec. 162. Any person who 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 assembl...

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

, , , | | 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...

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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).

, , , | | 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-...

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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).

, , , | | 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, ...

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