1882 — Massachusetts — Slungshot Ban

The Public Statutes of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1164 (1886)

Summary

Prohibited the manufacture and sale of slung shots and brass knuckles.

Statutory Text

SECT. 10. Whoever, when arrested upon a warrant of a magistrate issued against him for an alleged offence against the laws of this state, and whoever, when arrested by a sheriff, deputy-sheriff, constable, police officer, or watchman, while committing a criminal offence against the laws of this state, or a breach or disturbance of the public peace, is armed with or has on his person any slung-shot, metallic knuckles, billy, or other dangerous weapon, shall be punished by fine not exceeding fifty dollars, or by imprisonment in the jail not exceeding one year.

SECT. 11 . Whoever manufactures or causes to be manufactured, or sells or exposes for sale, an instrument or weapon of the kind usually known as slung-shot, or metallic knuckles, shall be punished by fine of not less than fifty dollars, or by imprisonment in the jail not exceeding six month.

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Title 1882 — Massachusetts — Slungshot Ban
Instrument Blunt Weapons
Jurisdiction MA
Date 1882