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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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    Sarcoxie, Mo., Rev. Ordinances ch. 30, § 185 (1907)
    (1907)
    . No person in this city shall discharge any gun, pistol or other fire§ arms, or explode any detonating material, and any person so offending shall be deemed guilty of a mis§demeanor, but this section shall not apply to any officer in the discharge of his duty nor to the operator or workman in any mine, nor to persons properly using any lawful target gun in any licensed shooting gallery."
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    Charter and Revised Ordinances of the City of Glasgow 64-65 (1903)
    (1903)
    Section 11 prohibited carrying concealed deadly weapons, bringing firearms or other specified weapons into churches, schools, courts, elections, and other public assemblies, brandishing weapons in a threatening manner, carrying weapons while intoxicated, and providing weapons to minors without parental consent. Violations were punishable by fines of $50–$100, with exemptions for police officers and certain officials responsible for executing legal processes, suppressing breaches of peace, or making arrests. Section 14 made it a misdemeanor to discharge firearms within city limits.
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    Revised and Republished Ordinances of The City of Joplin, Missouri 201, § 75-6 (1903)
    (1903)
    Ordinances that prohibit carrying concealed weapons, bringing weapons to certain places, and firing weapons, Ch. 23, Art. 1, Ord. No. 2019, § 75: If any person shall, in the City of Joplin, 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 a schocl 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 fire-arms, 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 parent or guardian of said minor, any such person shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars, nor to exceed two hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the city prison not less than five days, nor more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment
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    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.
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    Bloomfield, Mo., Rev. Ordinances ch. 12, art. 3, § 52 (1898)
    (1898)
    Ch. 12, Art. 3, § 52: It shall be unlawful for any person in this city, except he be a police officer of this city or other officer in the discharge of his official duty, to discharge or fire off any gun, pistol or fire-arms of any description within the corporate limits of this city, and every person violating this section, shall, upon conviction, be deemed guilty of a misde§meanor and punished by a fine of not less than five nor more than twenty dollars, or by imprisonment in the city calaboose not exceed§ing twenty days."
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    1909 Mo. Laws 356
    (1909)
    Municipal Corporations: Cities of the Second Class, § 8, pt. 61: To regulate the use and storage of explosives - To regulate, restrain and prevent the discharge of firearms, fireworks, rockets or other explosive materials and substances in the city and to regulate the keeping, storage and use of powder, dynamite, guns, guncotton, nitroglycerine, fireworks and other explosive materials and substances in the city, or within two miles of the limits thereof.
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    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.