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Imposed a $100 per knife tax on the sale, transfer, or importation of any Bowie knife, Arkansaw toothpick, or similar...

AL
1837

1837 — Arkansas — Slave Arms Possession

William McK. Ball & Sam. C. Roane, Revised Statutes of the State of Arkansas, Adopted at the October Session of the General Assembly of Said State, A. D. 1837, in the Year of Our Independence the Sixty-second, and of the State of Second Year 733-34 (1838)

Slaves could not possess a weapon without written permission from their master.

AR
1837

1837 — Arkansas — Public Carry

Josiah Gould, A Digest of the Statutes of Arkansas All Laws of a General and Permanent Character in Force the Close of the Session of the General Assembly of 1856 381–82 (1858)

Prohibited the concealed carrying of certain weapons unless upon a journey.

AR
1837

1837 — Delaware — Weapon Discharge

1837 Del. L. Chap. 123, pp. 166-67

Prohibited firing guns in the village of Camden. Blacks and Whites faced separate penalties.

DE
1837

1837 — Georgia — Gun Ban

1837 Ga. L., pp. 90-91

Banned the sale of handguns, knives manufactured for the purpose of carrying, dirks, sword canes, and spears. Large horseman's pistols...

GA
1837

1837 — Somerset County, Maryland — Hunting

1837 Md. L. chap 100, p. 108-09

Prohibited the hunting of birds from boats in Somerset County. Possession of a weapon on a boat within 50 yards...

MD
1837

During the incorporation of the town of Sharon, the state legislature gave the city the authority to pass laws which...

MS
1837

1837 — Mississippi — Dueling

1837 Miss. L. p. 288-92

Prohibited the aggressive brandishing of weapons, fighting in towns, and dueling with deadly weapons.

MS
1837

1837 — Vermont — Militia Armament

1837 Vt. L. chap. 9, p. 38

Troops required to keep themselves armed.

VT
1837

1837 — University of Nashville, Tennessee — School Restriction

7 American Annals of Education and Instruction for the Year 1837 185 (1837)

Prohibited firearms on Nashville campus.

TN
1837