Articles – Arms DB

1893 — Nashville, Tennessee — Public Carry

Claude Waller, Digest of the Ordinances of the City of Nashville, to Which are Prefixed the State Laws Incorporating, and Relating to, the City, with an Appendix Containing Various Grants and Franchises 364-65 (1893)

Carrying pistols, knives, slungshots, and knuckles was deemed a misdemeanor. Exempted police or the transport of arms for business purposes....

TN

1893

1893 — Rhode Island — Sentence Enhancement

General Laws of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations to Which are Prefixed the Constitutions of the United States and of the State 1010 (1896)

Persons arrested with any crime, if they have concealed weapons, were subject to a fine of $5-25 and confiscation of...

RI

1893

1874 — Delaware — Hunting

Revised Statutes of the State of Delaware, of Eighteen Hundred and Fifty-two, as They Have Since Been Amended, Together with the Additional Laws of a Public and General Nature, which Have Been Enacted Since the Publication of the Revised Code of Eighteen Fifty-two, to the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Seventy-Four; To which are Added, the Constitutions of the United States and of this State, the Declaration of Independence, and Appendix : Arranged and Published by Authority of the General Assembly 277 (1874)

Prohibited hunting on another's land under pain of firearm confiscation and a fine.

DE

1893

1888 — Ulm, Minnesota — Concealed Carry

Joseph A. Eckstein, The Charter and Ordinances of the City of New Ulm, Minnesota 110-11 (1887)

Prohibited concealed carry in Ulm. Punishment could include the confiscation of arms and sureties. Allowed for use of weapons in...

MN

1888

1888 — La Crosse, Wisconsin — Public Carry

Charter and Ordinances of the City of La Crosse, with the Rules of the Common Council 25-26 (1888)

Allowed La Crosse to regulate or prohibit the carry of weapons. This included the ability to confiscate weapons in violation...

WI

1888

1887 — Berlin, Wisconsin — Concealed Carry

1887 Wisc. L. chap. 409, p. 1308

Authorized Berlin to prohibit the concealed carry of any pistol or colt, slung shot, knuckles, and bowie knives and confiscate...

WI

1887

1887 — Virginia — Concealed Carry

Edward Calohill Burks, Waller Redd Staples & John William Riely, The Code of Virginia: With the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States; and the Constitution of Virginia 897 (1888)

Penalties set for concealed carry in Virginia: a fine of not less than twenty nor more than one hundred dollars...

VA

1887