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1853 — California — Sentence Enhancement

S. Garfielde & F. A. Snyder, Compiled Laws of the State of California: Containing All the Acts of the Legislature of a Public and General Nature, Now in Force, Passed at the Sessions of 1850-51-52-53. To Which are Prefixed the Declaration of Independence, the Constitutions of the United States and of California, the Treaty of Queretaro, and the Naturalization Laws of the United States 663-64 (1853)

If one was caught carrying a weapon with intent to harm another, they would be fined.

CA

1853

1853 — Louisville, Kentucky — Minimum Age & Racial Gun Control

Oliver H. Strattan & John M, Vaughan, A Collection of the State and Municipal Laws, in Force, and Applicable to the City of Louisville, Ky. 175 (1857)

Louisville prohibited selling gunpowder to minors under 15 years of age as well as slaves.

KY

1853

1853 — 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. 174 (1857)

Louisville instituted a 6.25 lbs per parcel limit on storing gunpowder and a 28 lbs cap for total gunpowder stored....

KY

1853

1853 — Louisville, Kentucky — Weapon Discharge

Oliver H. Strattan & John M. Vaughn, A Collection of the State and Municipal Laws, in Force, and Applicable to the City of Louisville, Ky. 198 (1857)

Law fined those who fired a gun in Louisville, KY town limits.

KY

1853

1853 — Oregon — Indian Arms Sales

1853 Or. L. chap. 37, p. 257

Prohibited the sale of firearms to Indians by Whites.

OR

1853

1853 — Oregon — Public Carry

1853 Or. L. chap. 17, p. 220

Sureties could be required for public carry if the individual did not have a reasonable cause to carry a weapon.

OR

1853

1853 — York & Philadelphia, Pennsylvania — Concealed Carry

8 Frederick C. Brightly, Purdon’s Digest. A Digest of the Laws of Pennsylvania, from the Year One Thousand Seven Hundred to the Twenty-Eighth Day of May, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty-three 150 (1853)

Concealed carry deemed a misdemenour in Philadelphia and a felony in York.

PA

1853

1853 — Concord, New Hampshire — Weapon Discharge

A Municipal Register of the City of Concord, Containing the City Charter and Ordinances, the Rules of the City Council, and a List of the City Officers 39 (1857)

Prohibited discharging firearms on streets or highways.

NH

1853