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Allowed Sisterville to regulate gunpowder.

WV
1899

1891 — West Virginia — Minimum Age

3 John Augustus Warth, The Code of West Virginia 915-16 (1891)

Minimum age restrictions added to carry restrictions. Included various exceptions, such as danger to himself and was carrying for self-defense...

WV
1891

1890 — West Virginia — Hunting

1889-1890 W.V. L. chap. 14, p. 173

Prohibited hunting with swivel guns. The law also set a hunting season.

WV
1890

1889 — West Virginia — Militia Parades

1889-1890 W.V. L., chap. 24, p. 86

Prohibited armed military parades by non-authorized militias.

WV
1889

1882 — West Virginia — Public Carry

1882 W.V. L. chap. 135, pp. 421–22.

While not restricting the carry of long guns, the law outlaws carrying handguns and bowie knives. Exceptions included when a...

WV
1882

1881 — Wheeling, West Virginia — Concealed Carry

White & Allen, Laws and Ordinances for the Government of the City of Wheeling, West Virginia 206 (1891)

Prohibited the concealed carry of slungshots, firearms, knuckles, and knives without a permit from the mayor.

WV
1881

1876 — Martinsburg, West Virginia — Pistol Galleries

J. Nelson Wisner, Ordinances and By-Laws of the Corporation of Martinsburg: Berkeley Co., West Virginia, Including the Act of Incorporation and All Other Acts of a Special or General Nature 76 (1875)

Required pistol galleries to receive permits before operating.

WV
1876

1875 — Martinsburg, West Virginia — Weapon Discharge

J. Nelson Wisner, Ordinances and By-Laws of the Corporation of Martinsburg: Berkeley Co., West Virginia, Including the Act of Incorporation and All Other Acts of a Special or General Nature 25 (1875)

Prohibited discharging firearms and cannons without permission from the Mayor.

WV
1875

1875 — Martinsburg, West Virginia — Gunpowder Storage

J. Nelson Wisner, Ordinances and By-Laws of the Corporation of Martinsburg: Berkeley Co., West Virginia, Including the Act of Incorporation and All Other Acts of a Special or General Nature 26 (1875)

Instituted 25lbs gunpowder limit without permission.

WV
1875

Law enforcement officers are required to enforce the 1868 ban against habitual concealed carry if, from his own observation or...

WV
1872