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1850 — Illinois College, Illinois — Campus Restriction

Laws of Illinois College, 1850, in Transactions of the Illinois State Historical Society for the Year 1906 254 (1906)

Prohibited carry on Illinois College campus.

IL
1850

1850 — Kentucky — Constitution

Ky. Constitution of 1850, § 25

Kentucky enshrined the right to keep and bear arms in the state constitution but allowed for the regulation of concealed...

KY
1850

1850 — Massassachusetts — Slungshot Ban

1850 Mass. L. ch. 194, p. 401

Prohibited the manufacture and sale of slungshots.

MA
1850

1850 — Mississippi — Arms Taxation

1850 Miss. chap. 1, p. 43.

Reduced the 1841 bowie knife tax to 50 cents per knife. Included a $1 tax per each pocket pistol (was...

MS
1850

1850 — North Carolina — Arms Taxation

1850-1 N.C. L. chap. 121, p. 243

State tax law included dirks and sword canes (50 cents) as well as Bowie knives and pistols (one dollar) as...

NC
1850

1850 — Nashville, Tennessee — Gunpowder Storage

John M. Lea & John Hugh Smith, The Revised Laws of the City of Nashville, with the Various Acts of Incorporation and Laws Applicable to the Town and City of Nashville, and a List of the Different Boards of Mayor and Aldermen, and Other Officers of Said City from the Year 1806 to 1850, Inclusive 49 (1850)

Allowed Nashville to regulate gunpowder storage practices.

TN
1850

1850 — Nashville, Tennessee — Firing Weapons

John M. Lea & John Hugh Smith, The Revised Laws of the City of Nashville, with the Various Acts of Incorporation and Laws Applicable to the Town and City of Nashville, and a List of the Different Boards of Mayor and Aldermen, and Other Officers of Said City from the Year 1806 to 1850, Inclusive 68 (1850)

Prohibited firing weapons in Nashville. Different penalty for slaves. Giving slaves combustible materials was prohibited.

TN
1850

1850 — Utah — Indian Arms Restriction

Acts, Resolutions, and Memorials Passed at the Several Annual Sessions of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Utah 63 (1866)

Prohibited giving weapons to Indians without a license.

UT
1850

1850 — Biloxi, Mississippi — Licensing

1850 Miss. L. chap. 232, p. 337-8

Authorized Biloxi to license pistol galleries.

MS
1850

Authorized West Troy to restrict shooting galleries.

NY
1850