Missouri
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Missouri
This jurisdictional hub aggregates FRC holdings related to Missouri. It supports research on the state’s firearms history, technology, law, policy, and culture from the territorial period through statehood to the present.
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Item type:Item, St. Louis, Mo., Rev. Ordinances no. 4868, art. 2, § 8 (1861)(1861)Misdemeanors, § 8: Hereafter it shall not be lawful for any person to wear under his clothes, or concealed about his person, any pistol, or colt, or slung-shot, or cross-knuckles, or knuckles of lead, brass, or other metal, or bowie knife, dirk knife, or dirk, or dagger, or any knife resembling a bowie knife, or any other dangerous or deadly weapon, within the city of Saint LouisItem type:Item, Saint Louis, Mo., Municipal Code ch. 18, art. 2, § 1471 (1892)(1892)it shall not be lawful for any person to wear under his clothes, or concealed about his person, any pistol or revolver, colt, billy, slung shot, cross knuckles, or knuckles of lead, brass or other metal, bowie knife, razor, dirk knife, dirk, dagger, or any knife resembling a bowie knife or any other dangerous or deadly weapon, within the City of Saint Louis, without written permission from the mayorItem type:Item, St. Louis, Mo., Rev. Ordinances ch. 20, art. 2, § 9 (1871)(1871)Ordinances of the City of Saint Louis, Misdemeanors, § 9: Hereafter it shall not be lawful for any person to wear under his clothes, or concealed about his person, any pistol, or revolver, colt, billy, slung shot, cross knuckles, or knuckles of lead, brass or other metal, bowie knife, razor, dirk knife, dirk, dagger, or any knife resembling a bowie knife, or any other dangerous or deadly weapon, within the City of Saint Louis, without written permission from the MayorItem type:Item, 1873 Mo. Laws 328(1873)An Act to Incorporate The Town Of Moberly, art. III, § 1, pt. 15: Any person who shall threaten, quarrel, challenge or fight within said city, or any person who shall be found intoxicated, who shall carry concealed deadly weapons in said city, or any person who shall be found guilty of a misdemeanor, and to define what acts shall constitute a misdemeanor.Item type:Item, Charles S. Shepherd, The General Ordinances of the City of Saint Joseph 508 (1897)(1897)§ 7: Prohibited the carrying of a concealed pistol or revolver, colt, billy, slungshot, cross knuckles or knuckles of lead, brass or other metal, dirk, dagger, razor, Bowie knife, or any knife resembling a Bowie knife, or any other dangerous or deadly weapon.Item type:Item, J.H. Johnston, Revised Charter and Ordinances of the City of Boonville, Missouri 91 (1881)(1881)No. 17, art. 1, § 6: Prohibited concealed carry of any pistol, revolver, dirk, dagger, slungshot, metallic knuckles, or other deadly or dangerous weapon or exhibit in a rude, angry, or threatening manner, or carry any such weapon while intoxicated. . Violators fined not less than five but no more than ninety dollars.Item type:Item, Columbia, Mo. Gen. Ordinances ch. 17, §§ 160-64 (1890)(1890)Chapter XVII: Carrying Concealed Weapons-Firing Guns, Pistols, Fire Crackers, Etc., May 22, 1890: Regulated discharge of firearms or other explosive compounds within Columbia city limits. Also regulated sensitive places while conceal carrying, including: Any church or assemblage of religious worship, any school, any assemblage for educational, literary, or social purpose, or any other public assemblage for any lawful purpose other than military, militia, or law enforcement purposes.Item type:Item, Columbia, Mo. Gen. Ordinances § 128 (1883)(1883)§ 128: Any person who shall be guilty of carrying concealed about his person any pistol, dirk, bowie knife, or other weapon, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and fined not less than five dollars for every such offence.Item type:Item, An Ordinance in Revision of the Ordinances Governing the City of Kansas 264-65 (1880)(1880)Ch. 34, § 3: No person shall, in this city, wear under his clothes or concealed about his person, any pistol or revolver, except by special permission from the Mayor; nor shall any person wear under his clothes, or concealed about his person, any slung-shot, cross knuckles, knuckles of lead, brass or other metal, or any bowie knife, razor, billy, dirk, dirk-knife or dagger, or any knife resembling a bowie knife, or any other dangerous or deadly weapon. Any person, violating any provision or requirement of this section, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof before the City Recorder, shall be fined not less than fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollarsItem type:Item, Bloomfield, Mo., Rev. Ordinances ch. 12, art. 3, § 50 (1898)(1898)Sections 50–52 regulate weapons and firearms within the city. Carrying concealed deadly weapons, bringing weapons into churches, schools, elections, courts, or public gatherings, displaying them threateningly, carrying them while intoxicated, or providing them to minors without parental consent is prohibited. Violations may result in fines of $50–$200, imprisonment for 5 days to 6 months, or both. Exceptions apply to law enforcement, certain officials, peaceful travelers, and people with legitimate self-defense needs. Discharging firearms within city limits is also prohibited except by officers performing official duties, with penalties of $5–$20 or up to 20 days in jail.Item type:Item, The Supreme Court: On Carrying Concealed Weapons, in State Journal, Apr. 12, 1878(1878)Regulated conceal carrying where people may be assembled for educational, literary, or social purposes, or to any election precinct on any election day, or into any court room during the sitting of court, or into any other publica assemblage of persons met for other than militia drill or meetings called under the militia laws of the State, having concealed about his person any kind of fire arms, bowie knife, dirk, dagger, slung shot, or other deadly weapon shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.Item type:Item, 1874 Mo. Laws 43(1874)An Act to prevent the carrying of concealed weapons § 1: Prohibited concealed carry of any fire-arms, Bowie-knife, dirk, dagger, slung-shot, or other deadly weapon in any church, place of religious worship, school-room, assembly for educational, literary, or social purpose, election precincts on election day, or court-room while court is in session.Item type:Item, Mo. Rev. Stat. 224, ch. 24, art. 2, §§ 1274-1278 (1879)(1879)If any person shall carry concealed, upon or about his person, any deadly or dangerous weapon, or shall go into any church or place where people have assembled for religious worship, or into any school room or place where people are assembled for educational, literary or social purposes, or to any election precinct, on any election day, or into any court room during the sitting of court, or into any other public assemblage of persons met for any lawful purpose, other than for militia drill or meetings called under the militia law of this state, having upon or about his person any kind of firearms, bowie-knife, dirk, dagger, slung-shot, or other deadly weapon, or shall, in the presence of one or more persons, exhibit any such weapon in a rude, angry or threatening manner, or shall have or carry any such weapon upon or about his person when intoxicated or under the influence of intoxicating drinks, or shall, directly or indirectly, sell or deliver, loan or barter to any minor, any such weapon, without the consent of the parent or guardian of such minor, he shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not less than five nor more than one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding three months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. (Laws 1874, p. 43; laws 1875, p. 50, and laws 1877, p. 240,.amended.)Item type:Item, 1883 Mo. Laws 76(1883)An Act to Amend Section 1274, Article 2, Chapter 24 of the Revised Statutes of Missouri, Entitled "Of Crimes And Criminal Procedure" § 1274: Prohibited the carrying of a concealed fire arms, Bowie knife, dirk, dagger, slungshot, or other deadly weapon to a church, school, election site, or other public setting or carrying in a threatening manner or while intoxicated. Punishable by fine of $25-200 and/or by imprisonment up to 6 months.