1870 — Georgia — Public Carry Regulations

1870 Ga. L. chap. 285, p. 421

Summary

Forbade open or concealed carry of any dirk, bowie knife, pistol, revolver, or other deadly weapon at any court of justice, general election ground or precinct, or any public gathering except for militia musters.

Statutory Text

SECTION 1. Be it enacted, etc., That, from and immediately after the carrying passage of this act, no person in said State of Georgia be permitted or allowed to carry about his or her person any dirk, bowie knife, pistol or revolver, or any kind of deadly weapon, to any court of justice, or any election ground or precinct, or any place of public worship, or any other public gathering in this State, except militia muster-grounds.

SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That if any person or persons shall violate any portion of the above recited section of this act, he, she or they shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty nor more than fifty dollars for each and every such offense, or imprisonment in the common jail of the county not less than ten nor more than twenty days, or both, at the discretion of the court.

SEC. 3. All laws and parts of laws militating against this act are hereby repealed.

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Title 1870 — Georgia — Public Carry Regulations
Instrument Edged Weapons, Firearms
Jurisdiction GA
Date 1870