Articles – Arms DB

1828 — Florida — Hunting

1828 Fla. L., p. 75

Prohibited night time hunting with firearms outside of one's property.

FL

1828

1828 — Florida — Black Weapon Discharge

John P. Duval, An Act concerning patrols, in Compilation of the Public Acts of the Legislative Council of the Territory of Florida, Passed Prior to 1840 227 (1839)

Prohibited Blacks from shooting at any White person with intent to kill; did not include a self-defense exception.

FL

1828

1821 — Marianna, Florida — Gunpowder Storage

1828 Fla. L. p. 21

Allowed the town of Marianna to regulate storage of gunpowder.

FL

1828

1828 — Louisville, Kentucky — Gunpowder Storage

Oliver H. Strattan & John M. Vaughan, A Collection of the State and Municipal Laws, in Force, and Applicable to the City of Louisville, Ky 58, 123 (1857)

Gave Louisville authority to regulate gunpowder storage and importation.

KY

1828

1828 — New Orleans, Louisiana — Storage & Discharge

John Calhoun, Digest of the Ordinances and Resolutions of the Second Municipality of New-Orleans 46-47 (1840)

Prohibited the firing of arms within New Orleans (Art. 12) and regulated gunpowder storage (Arts. 10-11) by instituting a 100...

LA

1828

1 L. Moreau Lislet, A General Digest of the Acts of the Legislature of Louisiana: Passed from the Year 1804, to 1827, Inclusive, and in Force at this Last Period, with an Appendix and General Index 367-68 (1828)

Prohibited the practice of dueling with pistols, swords, and other weapons in Louisiana.

LA

1828

1828 — Boston, Massassachusetts — Weapon Discharge

Thomas Wetmore & Edward G. Prescott, The Charter and Ordinances of the City of Boston: Together with the Acts of the Legislature Relating to the City 116-17 (1834)

Prohibited the shooting of guns in Boston. Violation of these rules was punishable by a $20 fine.

MA

1828

1895 — Cincinnati, Ohio — Weapon Discharge

An Act Incorporating the City of Cincinnati: And a Digest of the Ordinances of Said City, of a General Nature, Now in Force, with an Appendix 44 (1835)

Regulations on firing arms in Cincinnati.

OH

1828