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Washington

This jurisdictional hub aggregates FRC holdings related to Washington. It supports research on the state’s firearms history, technology, law, policy, and culture from the territorial period through statehood to the present.

Legal sources: statutes and session laws, administrative code, attorney general opinions, appellate decisions, and select municipal ordinances.
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Research outputs: technical reports, academic studies, training manuals, and curated datasets relevant to the state.

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Wash. Const. art. 1, § 24
(1889)
The right of the individual citizen to bear arms in defense of himself, or the State, shall not be impaired, but nothing in this section shall be construed as authorizing individuals or corporations to organize, maintain or employ an armed body of men.
Del Cary Smith, Ordinances of the City of Port Townsend 27 (1890)
(1890)
Div. 3, § 15: Whoever shall fire or discharge any cannon, gun, pistol revolver or any firearm of any description, or shall fire, or explode or set off any squib, firecracker, torpedo or other thing containing powder or other explosive material, without permission from the Mayor or common council so to do, within the city limits, shall, on conviction, be punished by a fine of not less than five nor more than twenty dollars
2 Ballinger's Annotated Codes and Statutes of Washington: Showing All Statutes in Force, Including the Session Laws of 1897, at 1957 (1897)
(1897)
§ 7085: That it shall be unlawful for any person, corporation or association of persons, or agents of any person, or member, agent or officer of any corporation or association of persons, to organize, maintain or employ an armed body of men in this state for any purpose whatever; and all parties so offending shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor
2 Ballinger's Annotated Codes and Statutes of Washington, Showing All Statutes in Force, Including the Session Laws of 1897, at 1956-57 (1897)
(1897)
§ 7084: Prohibited the carrying of a concealed revolver, pistol, or other fire-arms, or any knife, (other than an ordinary pocket knife), or any dirk or dagger, sling-shot, or metal knuckles, or any instrument by the use of which injury could be inflicted upon the person or property of any other person. Punishable by fine of $25-100 and/or imprisonment for 30 days.
An Ordinance Relating to Offenses and Disorderly Conduct and Repealing Ordinances no. 152, 178, & 471, Olympia City Council, Ordinance no. 523, §§ 4-5 (Washington, 1891).
(1891)
That any person who shall within the following limits, to-wit: Beginning at the intersection of Fifteenth and Eastside streets; thence north on line of said Eastside street to a point known as the Priest Place; thence west to a point five hundred yards west of the west shore of Budd's Inlet; thence south to the line of said Fifteenth street, and thence east to place of beginning, fire off or discharge any gun, pistol or fire arm of any kind, shall upon conviction thereof before a police justice of said city be fined in any sum not less than five nor more than twenty five dollars, and in default of the payment thereof, shall be committed to the city jail until such fine and costs are paid, not to exceed ten days.
1896 Wash. Rev. Stat. 686, ch. 260, § 3910, pt. 5
(1896)
To carry on the business of manufacturing gun powder, nitroglycerine or other highly explosive substance, or mixing or grinding the materials therefor, in any building within fifty rods of any valuable building, erected at the time such business may be commenced.
An Ordinance Relating to Offenses and Disorderly Conduct and Repealing Ordinances no. 152, 178, & 471, Olympia City Council, Ordinance no. 523, § 2 (Washington, 1891).
(1891)
That any person who shall, within the limits of the City of Olympia, carry or wear under his clothes or concealed about his person, any pistol or pistols, dirk, dagger, slung-shot, cross-knuckles or any knuckles of lead, brass or other metal, bowie-knife, dirk-knife, razor or any other deadly or dangerous weapon, shall, upon conviction thereof before one of the police Justices of said city, be fined in any sum not to exceed twenty-five dollars, and default of the payment thereof, shall be committed to the city Jail until said fine and costs are paid, not to exceed ten days.
An Ordinance Relating to Offenses and Disorderly Conduct and Repealing Ordinances no. 152, 178, & 471, Olympia City Council, Ordinance no. 523, § 3 (Washington, 1891).
(1891)
That any person who shall draw, exhibit or attempt to use any pistol, dirk, dagger, slung-shot, cross-knuckles or knuckles of brass, lead or other metal, or other deadly or dangerous weapon, upon, to or against any person or persons in said city of Olympia, shall upon conviction thereof before a police justice of said city, be fined in any sum not less than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars, and in default of the payment thereof, shall be committed to the city Jail until such fine and costs are paid, not to exceed sixty days.
2 Ballinger's Annotated Codes and Statutes of Washington: Showing All Statutes in Force, Including the Session Laws of 1897, at 1956 (1897)
(1897)
§ 7082: Every person who shall, in a manner likely to cause terror to the people, exhibit or flourish, in the streets of an incorporated cit or an unincorporated town, any dangerous weapon shall be guilty of a misdemeanor[.] § 7083: Every person who shall, in a rude, angry, or threatening manner, in a crowd of two. or more persons, exhibit any pistol, bowie knife, or other dangerous weapon, shall, on conviction, be sentenced to imprisonment not exceeding one year and a fine of less than $500.

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