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Colorado
This jurisdictional hub aggregates FRC holdings related to Colorado. 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, Colo. Rev. Stat. ch. 84, art. III, § 1 (1867)(1868)Authorized the board of trustees of every town to provide regulations for the storage of gunpowder, gun-cotton, nitro-glycerine, tar, pitch, resin, and other combustible or inflammable materials, and to prescribe the places and manner of storing the same.Item type:Item, 1862 Colo. Sess. Laws 56(1862)Prohibited the concealed carrying in any city, town, or village any pistol, Bowie knife, dagger, or other deadly weapon. Punished by fine of $5-35.Item type:Item, 1868 Colo. Sess. Laws 229(1867)§ 149: Prohibited the concealed carrying of any pistol, Bowie knife, dagger, or other deadly weapon within any city, town, or village in the territory. Punishable by fine of $5-35. Exempted sheriffs, constables, and police officers when performing their official duties.Item type:Item, Thomas M. Patterson, The Charter and Ordinances of the City of Denver 78 (1875)(1875)Prohibited the discharge of any cannon, gun, fowling piece, pistol, fire arms, or fire or explode any squib, cracker, or other thing containing powder or other combustible or explosive material. Violators fined not less than one nor more than one hundred dollars.Item type:Item, Thomas M. Patterson, The Charter and Ordinances of the City of Denver 135 (1875)(1875)Prohibited the keeping in a place of business or elsewhere within Denver, any gun powder or gun cotton exceeding twenty-five pounds at one time. The same shall be kept in tin or copper canisters or cases not exceeding five pounds. Violators fined not less than ten nor exceeding one hundred dollars.Item type:Item, General Ordinances of the City of Aspen, § 125, in Aspen Daily Times, Jul. 27, 1886, at 3-6(1886)No person shall keep at his place of business or elsewhere within this city, a greater quantity of gun powder or gun cotton than fifty pounds at one time, and the same shall be kept in tin or copper canisters containing not to exceed ten pounds in each.§Item type:Item, General Ordinances of the City of Aspen, § 152, in Aspen Daily Times, Jul. 27, 1886, at 3-6(1886)§If any person shall, within this city, fire or discharge any cannon, gun, fowling piece,, pistol, or fire-arms of any description, or fire, explode or set off any squib, cracker or other thing containing powder or other combustible or explosive material, without permission from the mayor (which permission shall limit the time of such firing, and shall be subject to be revoked by the mayor or city council at any time after the same has been granted), every such person shall, on conviction, be fined in a sum not less than one dollar nor more than one hundred dollars.Item type:Item, Isham White, The Laws and Ordinances of the City of Denver, Colorado 355 (1886)(1886)Prohibited any wagon, dray, cart, or other vehicle loaded in whole or in part with gun powder or gun-cotton in any street, alleyway, highway, or place in the city. All vehicles transporting powder shall have the word "Powder" painted upon the sides in large letters.Item type:Item, General Ordinances of the City of Aspen, § 293, in Aspen Daily Times Jul. 27, 1886, at 3-6(1886)No gun, weapon or explosive shall be used in any shooting gallery, of a size to endanger life or limb, or to frighten horses, or to cause any annoyance to the people of the vicinity in which such gallery is situated, and all such galleries shall be securely enclosed and have protection and planking, or other obstructions sufficient to arrest any projectile in and about such galleries..."Item type:Item, General Ordinances of the City of Aspen, § 182, in Aspen Daily Times, Jul. 27, 1886, at 3-6(1886)If any person shall, within the corporate limits of the city of Aspen, have, concealed upon his person any pistol, bowie-knife, dagger, slung-shot, billy, dirk-knife, brass or metal knuckles, or other deadly weapon, he or she shall, on conviction, be fined in any sum not less than five nor more than one hundred dollars, in the discretion of the court, or be imprisoned in the city jail at hard labor not less than five nor more than ten days, in the discretion of the court, or both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court, for every such offense.Item type:Item, Ordinance no. 4, For the Security of Persons and Property, § 1, in Ordinances of the Town of Greeley (1879)(1879)§That no person shall fire or discharge any cannon, rifle, gun, pistol or fire arms of any description, or fire, explode or set off any squib, cracker, or anything containing powder, or other combustible or explosive material, in any street, alley or public ground in this town, within one-half mile of the centre of Lincoln Park, without permission of the Board of Trustees, or the written permission of the Mayor of said town, which permission shall limit the time of such firing, and be subject to be revoked at any time after it has been granted...Item type:Item, Frank J. Annis et al., The Code of Fort Collins 143, § 170 (1917)(1917)Ch. 17, § 170: Prohibited That any person who shall within the City of Fort Collins, fire or discharge any cannon, gun, fowling piece, pistol or fire-arm of any description, or fire, explode or set off any squib, cracker or other thing containing powder or other combustible matter or explosive material without permission from the Mayor§Item type:Item, General Ordinances of the City of Aspen, § 183, in Aspen Daily Times, Jul. 27, 1886, at 3-6(1886)Whenever any policeman shall make an arrest it shall be the duty of the jailer, deputy jailer, or person in charge of the city jail, to take from the person so arrested the weapon or weapons found upon him or her at the time of such arrest, and to retain the same until he, or she, or they, shall have paid whatever fine and costs, if any, there shall have been adjudged against them.Item type:Item, Isham White, The Laws and Ordinances of the City of Denver, Colorado 369 (1886)(1886)Prohibited the carrying of any slungshot, colt, or metal knuckles while engaged in any breach of the peace. Punishable by a fine of $25-300. Also made it illegal to carry concealed weapons within Denver’s city limits, including pistols, revolvers, knives, daggers, razors, brass knuckles, and other dangerous or deadly weapons. A conviction could result in a $10–$200 fine for each offense. Exception for officers: U.S. marshals and deputies, sheriffs and deputies, and Denver police officers could carry such weapons when they considered them necessary to perform their official duties.Item type:Item, The Code of Colorado Springs: Comprising Article XX of the Constitution of the State of Colorado, the Charter, Amendments Thereto, and General Ordinances of the City of Colorado Springs, Colorado 274-75 (Frank Exline ed., 1914)(1914)Prohibited the concealed carry of any pistol, revolver, Bowie-knife, dirk, or other deadly weapon. Prohibited the display or flourish of any deadly weapon in a threatening or boisterous manner.Item type:Item, 1931 Colo. Sess. Laws 399(1931)Ch. 97, § 2: Prohibited the discharge of any gun, rifle, pistol, shot gun, or other firearm from any aircraft, airplane, airship while the same is in motion, with the intent or purpose to take, capture, kill, or attempt to kill any migratory bird.Item type:Item, 1919 Colo. Sess. Laws 416-19(1919)Foreign-Born Unnaturalized Citizens, § 1: Prohibited noncitizens from owning or possessing any shotgun, rifle, pistol or firearm of any kind; violators subject to fine, imprisonment, confiscation of weapon.Item type:Item, Colo. Rev. Stat. ch. 35, art. 4, § 1676 (1907)(1907)Prohibited the use of nitroglycerine, dynamite, gunpowder, or any other explosive while breaking and entering any building. Violators shall be imprisoned not less than twenty-five nor more than forty years.Item type:Item, Oscar F. Greene, Revised Ordinances of the City of Boulder, Colorado 157, § 511 (1899)(1899)Prohibited carrying any gun, pistol, revolver, or other firearm into any parks, or shooting any firearms in any parks. Violators guilty of a misdemeanor.Item type:Item, 1911 Colo. Sess. Laws 408-09(1911)Required the record registration of every retail sale, rental, exchange of firearms, pistols, or revolvers. Violators guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not less than twenty-five, nor more than one hundred dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding one year, or both.Item type:Item, 1907 Colo. Sess. Laws 419(1907)Game-Fish, § 10: Prohibited pursuing, taking, wounding, or unlawfully killing any game in the night, or with steel or hard-pointed bullet, nor with any weapon other than a shoulder-fired gun or pistol.Item type:Item, 1913 Colo. Sess. Laws 156(1913)Ch. 53, §1: Granted the city council or the board of trustees in towns the power to regulate or prevent the storage or transportation of gunpowder, tar, pitch, or any other combustible or explosive materials within the corporate limits.Item type:Item, 1877 Colo. Sess. Laws 485(1877)Prohibited killing, ensnaring, or trapping an elk, deer, antelope, mountain sheep, or any game whatsoever on the property of another without the consent of the owner. Also prohibited entering another's property with a gun for the purpose of hunting without the consent of the owner. Violators fined not less than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars.Item type:Item, 1877 Colo. Sess. Laws 304(1877)§ 154: Prohibited the carrying with intent to assault another any pistol, gun, knife, dirk, bludgeon, or other offensive weapon.Item type:Item, 1879 Colo. Sess. Laws 138(1879)Article VIII, §23: Prohibited any body of men whatsoever, other than the national guard or regularly organized militia, or federal US troops, from associating as a militia or to parade in public with arms. Nor shall any city or town raise or appropriate any money towards arming, equipping, or supporting any such bodies of money.Item type:Item, 1881 Colo. Sess. Laws 856(1881)§ 1964: Prohibited the concealed carry of any pistol, Bowie-knife, dagger, or other deadly weapon. Violators punished by jail term no less than ten but not more than thirty days and fined not less than fifty but no more than one hundred dollars.Item type:Item, Colo. Const. of 1876 art. II, § 13(1876)"That the right of no person to keep and bear arms in defense of his home, person and property, or in aid of the civil power when thereto legally summoned, shall be called in question; but nothing herein contained shall be construed to justify the practice of carrying concealed weapons."Item type:Item, 1891 Colo. Sess. Laws 129-30(1891)Prohibited carrying concealed any pistol, revolver, derringer, bowie-knife, razor, dagger, sling-shot, or other deadly weapon in any city, town, or village. Violators punished by imprisonment of thirty days, or by fine not more than fifty dollars with costs, or both.Item type:Item, 1881 Colo. Sess. Laws 229(1881)§ 149: Prohibited the concealed carrying of any firearms, any pistol, Bowie knife, dagger, or other deadly weapon.