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1853 — Louisville, Kentucky — Minimum Age & Racial Gun Control

Oliver H. Strattan & John M, Vaughan, A Collection of the State and Municipal Laws, in Force, and Applicable to the City of Louisville, Ky. 175 (1857)

Summary

Louisville prohibited selling gunpowder to minors under 15 years of age as well as slaves.

Statutory Text

No person shall retail gunpowder to minors under fifteen years of age, or free colored persons, without authority from his parent or guardian, or to slaves without authority from his master. Any person doing so in either case, shall be fined twenty dollars.

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Title 1853 — Louisville, Kentucky — Minimum Age & Racial Gun Control
Conduct Transfer & Sale
Instrument Firearms
Jurisdiction KY
Date 1853