1877 — North Dakota — Slungshot Manufacture and Carry

George H. Hand, The Revised Codes of the Territory of Dakota, A. D. 1877 794 (1877)

Summary

Banned the manufacture and sale of slung shots and knuckles. Banned the concealed carry of firearms. Use of slungshots against another was deemed a felony.

Statutory Text

§ 455. SLUNG SHOT.] Every person who manufactures or causes to be manufactured,or sells or offers or keeps for sale, or gives or disposes of any instrument or weapon of the kind usually known as slung shot, or of any similar kind, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

§ 456. CARRYING OR USING SAME.] Every person who carries upon his person, whether concealed or not, or uses or attempts to use against another, any instrument or weapon of the kind usually known as slung shot, or of any similar kind, is guilty of a felony.

§ 457. CONCEALED WEAPONS.] Every person who carries concealed about his person any description of firearms, being loaded or partly loaded, or any sharp or dangerous weapon, such as is usually employed in attack or defense of the person, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

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Title 1877 — North Dakota — Slungshot Manufacture and Carry
Instrument Blunt Weapons, Firearms
Jurisdiction ND
Date 1877