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Rules, By-Laws and Ordinances of the Village of Wappingers Falls 34 (1898)
(1898)
Ordinances of Wappinger Falls. Park Ordinances. § 1: No person or persons shall fire or discharge any gun or pistol or other firearm, or any rocket torpedo, or other fireworks of any description, nor send up any balloon, nor throw stones or missiles, nor play ball within the limits of Mesier Park, without the permission obtained of the Park Commissioners at a meeting of the Board.
An Ordinance Regulating the Carrying of Loaded Firearms and Other Dangerous Weapons in the City of Troy, § 1, in Municipal Ordinances of the City of Troy (1905)
(1905)
Any person, other than a peace officer, who shall in any public street, highway or place within the City of Troy, have or carry concealed upon his person any loaded pistol, revolver, or other firearm, or any slungshot, billy, sand-club, or a dagger, dirk, stilletto, or dangerous knife, without theretofore having been authorized as hereinafter provided to carry the same, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine not exceeding one hundred and fifty dollars or by imprisonment in a penitentiary or county jail for not more than one hundred and fifty days, or by both.
1900 N.Y. Laws 756
(1900)
Ch. 338, art. 3, § 32, pt. 12: To regulate or prevent the discharge of firearms, rockets, gunpowder or other explosives, or the making of bon-fires.
Charter and Ordinances of the City of Syracuse 192 (1877)
(1877)
Ch. 27, § 7: Any individual who shall carry about his or her person any dirk, bowie knife, sword or spear cane, pistol, revolver, slung-shot, jemme, brass knuckles, or other deadly or unlawful weapon, with the intent to do bodily harm to any other person or persons, shall be liable to a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars, and also to imprisonment not to exceed three months.
Charter of the City of Schenectady 97 (1869)
(1863)
An Ordinance Prohibiting the Obstructing of Side-Walks, and for Other Purposes, § 3: It shall not be lawful for any person to discharge any gun, pistol or other fire-arms, except in a shooting gallery, within the lamp district of this city; and every person offending in this respect shall be punished by fine not exceeding ten dollars and the costs of the suit, and to stand committed until such fine and costs be paid, not exceeding ten days.
The New York City Consolidation Act, as in Force in 1891, at 209 (1891)
(1890)
Gunpowder and other explosives. Sale thereof regulated, § 455: No person shall manufacture, have, keep, sell, or give away any gunpowder, blasting powder, gun-cotton, niro-glycerine, dualin, or any explosive oils or compounds, within the corporate limits of the city of New York, except in the quantities limited, in the manner, and upon the conditions herein provided, and under such regulations as the board of fire commissioners shall prescribe
Ordinance to Regulate the Carrying of Pistols, reprinted in BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Oct. 26, 1880, at 1
(1880)
Prohibited concealed carry of any pistol without a license. Licenses only issued to individuals twenty-one and over in age.
D. T. Valentine, Ordinances of the Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty of the City of New York 235 (1859)
(1859)
Ch. 13, § 6 : No tavern-keeper, keeper of a public house, garden or place of resort, nor any other person, shall suffer or permit any person to practice with or fire off any pistol, gun, fowling-piece or other fire-arms, in or upon his or her premises, nor shall suffer or permit any pistol gallery, erected in his or her house, or upon his or her premises, to be used for the purpose of practicing with any pistol gun, fowling-piece or other fire-arms, upon the first day of the week, called Sunday, under the penalty of fifty dollars for each offense, to be sued for and recovered from the person keeping such public house, tavern, public garden, pistol gallery, place of resort or premises;
Charter of the Village of Lansingburgh 50 (1865)
(1865)
An Ordinance to prevent accidents by fire in the village of Lansinburgh, and for other purposes, § 5: Nor shall any person or persons fire any cannon, gun, pistol or other fire arms, or set fire to, or burn any squib, cracker, rocket or powder (except for the purpose of blasting rocks for improvements, or trying guns in the manufacturing of them,) within the limits of said village without the consent of the president or board of trustees of said village
Charles Wheeler, By-Laws of the Village of Mechanicville 7 (1881)
(1881)
Fires and Their Prevention, Fire Arms and Fire Works, § 20: No person, except on the anniversary of our national independence, and on that day only, at such place or places as the President or Trustees shall permit, shall fire, discharge or set off, in the village, any gun, cannon, pistol, rocket, squib, cracker or fire ball, under the penalty of five dollars for each offense.
Penal Ordinance No. 35: Concealed Weapon[s], §§ 1-4, in Revised Charter Ordinances and Franchises of the City of Lockport (1909)
(1909)
No person over the age of 16 years shall have or carry concealed upon his person, in said city, any pistol, revolver, or other firearm without a written license therefor, theretofore issued to him by the chief of police of such city as hereinafter provided. Also provided licensing and registration requirements for concealed carry permits
First Annual Report of the Improvement of the Central Park, New York (January 1, 1857) Appendix A, 106 (Chas. W. Baker 1857)
(1857)
Among other activities, restricts carry of firearms and throwing of stones or other missiles in Central Park.
Revised Charter of the City of Elmira 17, 20-22 (1898)
(1898)
Elmira City Charter, Title 3-Powers and Duties of the Common Council, § 26, pts. d, e, & k: Granted the Common Council the power to regulate firearm discharge and gun powder storage
Fourth Annual Report of the Board of Commissioners of the Central Park 106 (1861)
(1861)
Prohibited any person from carrying firearms, throwing stones or other missiles within Central Park.
Minutes of Proceedings of Bd. of Comm'rs of Central Park, N.Y. for Year Ending April 30, 1858, at 166 (1858)
(1858)
Prohibited the carry of firearms, throwing stones or other missiles within Central Park.
1891 N.Y. Laws 129
(1891)
Ch. 105, tit. 7, ch. 2, § 209: No person other than members of the police force, regularly elected constables, the sheriff of Erie county, and his duly appointed deputies, shall, in the city, carry concealed upon or about his person, any pistol or revolver, or other dangerous weapon or weapons, without first obtaining a permit, as hereinbefore provided;
1869 N.Y. Rev. Stat. 613, ch. 20, pt. 1, tit. 8, § 3
(1869)
No person shall fire or discharge any gun, pistol, rocket, squib, cracker, or other fire-work, within a quarter mile of any building, on the twenty-fifth day of December, on the last day of December, on the first day of January, or on the twenty-second day of February, in any year; nor on the fourth day of July, or such other day as shall at the time be celebrated as the anniversary of American independence, without the order of some officer of the militia, while in the course of military exercise
An Ordinance Regulating the Carrying of Loaded Firearms in the City of Albany, Part 4, Ch. 72, § 1 in The Municipal Code of the City of Albany (1905).
(1905)
Any person, other than a peace officer, who shall in any public street, highway, or place within the city of Albany, have or carry concealed upon his person any loaded pistol, revolver, or other firearm, without theretofore having been authorized as hereinafter provided to carry the same, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine not exceeding one hundred and fifty dollars, or by imprisonment in a penitentiary or county jail for not more than one hundred and fifty days, or by both.
William G. Bishop, Charter of the City of Brooklyn 192, § 15-16 (1877)
(1877)
Ordinances of the City of Brooklyn § 16: No person shall carry, or cause to be carried, any gunpowder through any street, lane or alley in the city, unless the same be secured in tight casks, kegs or cases, well headed and hooped; and said casks, kegs or cases shall be put into and entirely covered with a bag or case sufficiently to prevent any said gunpowder from being spilled or scattered, under the penalty of forfeiture of the gunpowder and a fine of fifty dollars for every violation of the provisions of this act.
1913 N.Y. Laws 1627-30, §§ 2-3
(1913)
Vol. III, ch. 608, §§ 2-3; No pistol, revolver or other firearms of a size which may be concealed upon the person, shall be sold, or given away, or otherwise disposed of, except to a person expressly authorized under the provisions of section eighteen hundred and ninety-seven of the penal law to possess and have such firearm.
1916 N.Y. Laws 338-39
(1916)
An Act to Amend the Penal Law, in Relation to the Selling or Possessing of Silencers for Firearms, ch. 137, § 1: A person who sells or keeps for sale, or offers, or gives or disposes of, or who shall have or carry concealed upon his person any instrument, attachment, weapon or appliance for causing the firing of any gun, revolver, pistol, or other firearms to be silent or intended to lessen or muffle the noise of the firing of any gun, revolver, pistol, or other firearms shall be guilty of a felony, punishable by imprisonment for not more than five years.
1933 N.Y. Laws 1638-39
(1933)
Ch. 805, §§ 1, 3: Prohibited selling, giving, disposing of, transporting, or possessing a machine gun or submachine gun to a person guilty of a felony.
Ordinances, Rules and Regulations of the Department of Parks of the City of New York 7 (1916).
(1916)
No person shall, in any park, . . . 8. Fire or carry any firearm, firecracker, torpedo or fireworks.
1931 N.Y. Laws 1033
(1931)
Ch. 435, § 1; Prohibited using an imitation pistol and carrying or possessing a black-jack, slungshot, billy, sandclub, sandbag, metal knuckles, bludgeon, dagger, dirk, dangerous knife, razor, stiletto, imitation pistol, machine gun, sawed off shot-gun, or ay other dangerous or deadly weapon.
1923 N.Y. Laws 140-41
(1923)
An Act to Amend the Conservation Law in Relation to Aliens, ch. 110, § 2: Prohibited noncitizens from owning or possessing any shotgun or rifle without a special license.
1909 N.Y. Laws ch. 14, § 4
(1909)
Enacted the Second Amendment as statutory law in the state of New York.
1905 N.Y. Laws 129-30
(1905)
Ch. 92, § 2: Prohibited anyone over the age of sixteen to carry or carry concealed any pistol, revolver, or other firearm without a licensed issued by a police magistrate. Also prohibited the use against another, carry, or possession of slung-shot, billy, sandclub, metal knuckles, dagger, or dangerous knife is guilty of a felony.
3 Privileges and Penalties in The Annotated Consolidated Laws of the State of New York, at 3567 (1909).
(1909)
Military Law, ch. 41, art. 11, § 241: No body of men, other than the active militia and the troops of the United States except such independent military organizations as were on the twenty-third day of April, eighteen hundred and eighty-three and now are, in existence, shall associate themselves together as a military company or organization, or parade in public with firearms in any city or town of this state. No city or town shall raise or appropriate any money toward arming or equipping, uniforming or in any other way supporting, sustaining or providing drill rooms or armories for any such body of men;
1911 N.Y. Laws 443
(1911)
Ch. 195: The "Sullivan Law." Expanded criminal possession of all handguns, concealed or otherwise, without a government-issued license. Later amended in 1913 such that Magistrates could issue only if applicants proved "good moral character" and "proper cause." 1913 N. Y. Laws ch. 608, §1, p. 1629.
1908 N.Y. Laws 242
(1908)
Ch. 93, § 1: Prohibited possession of any slungshot, billy, sandclub, or metal knuckles. Prohibited possession of dagger, dirk, or dangerous knife with intent of harm. Violators guilty of a felony.
1898 N.Y. Laws 582
(1898)
Ch. 212, art. 11, § 177: No body of men, other than the regularly organized corps of the national guard and militia and the troops of the United States except such independent military organizations as were on the twenty-third day of April, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, and now are, in existence, shall associate themselves together as a military company or organization, or parade in public with firearms in any city or town of this state.
1900 N.Y. Laws 26
(1900)
Ch. 20, art. 2, § 21: Web-footed wild fowl shall not be taken except with a gun fired at arms length without rest. They shall not be fired at from a boat propelled otherwise than by hand or from any boughhouse or floating device used to conceal the hunter if more than fifty feet from shore, or a natural growth of grass or flags. Fowl taken in violation of law shall not be brought ashore, sold or possessed.
1900 N.Y. Laws 458-59
(1900)
Ch. 222, § 1: Prohibited manufacturing or selling a slungshot, billy, sandclub or metal knuckles, and prohibited selling a firearm to a minor in any city or incorporated village without written consent of police magistrate. Exempted any officer of the United States or peace officer when necessary and proper to discharge official duties.
An Ordinance to regulate the government of parks and other public pleasure grounds of The City of New York, in Proceedings of the Board of Alderman of the City of New York 600 (1903)
(1903)
§ XXIV: No one shall fire or carry any firearm, fire cracker, torpedo or fire-works, nor make a fire, nor make any oration, nor conduct any religious or other meeting or ceremony within any of the parks, parkways, squares or places in The City of New York under the jurisdiction of the Department of Parks without special permission from the Commissioner having jurisdiction
1900 N.Y. Laws 1174
(1900)
Ch. 494, § 1: A person who makes or keeps gunpowder, nitro-glycerine, or any other explosive or combustible material, within a city or village, or carries such materials through the streets thereof, in a quantity or manner prohibited by law or by ordinance of the city or village, is guilty of a misdemeanor. A person who manufactures gunpowder, dynamite, nitro-glycerine, liquid or compressed air or gases, except acetylene gas and other gases used for illuminating purposes, naptha, gasoline, benzine [sic] or any explosive articles or compounds or manufactures ammunition, fireworks or other articles of which such substance are component parts in a cellar, room or apartment of a tenement or dwelling house or any building occupied in whole or in party by persons or families for living purposes, is guilty of a misdemeanor
1899 N.Y. Laws 1341
(1899)
Ch. 603, § 1: Prohibited the selling or giving to a minor under the age of eighteen any pistol or other firearm. Also prohibited the selling or giving away any air-gun or spring-gun to minors under the age of twelve. Violators guilty of a misdemeanor.
3 The Revised Statutes, Code, and General Laws of the State of New York 3330, § 1-4 (Clarence F. Birdseye ed., 1890)
(1890)
Prohibited the manufacture, sale, giving, keeping for sale, or disposition of any slungshot, billy, sand-club, or metal knuckles. Also prohibited the sale of pistols to minors in any city or incorproated village without written consent from a magistrate.
1889 N.Y. Laws 167
(1889)
Ch. 140 § 2: Prohibited using, intent to use, or carrying concealed any slung-shot, billy, sand-club, metal knuckles, dagger, dirk, dangerous knife. Violators guilty of a felony.
Ordinances of the Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty of the City of New York, in Force January 1, 1881; Adopted by the Common Council and Published by Their Authority 214-215 (1881)
(1881)
ch. 8, art. 27, § 264: And persons to whom permits shall have been issued, as hereinafter provided, who shall have in his possession within the city of New York a pistol of any description concealed on his person, or not carried openly, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished, on conviction by a fine not exceeding ten dollars, or, in default of payment of such fine by imprisonment not exceeding ten days.
1883 N.Y. Pen. Code 142, tit. 13, § 468
(1883)
A person, who willfully discharges any species of firearms, air-gun, or other weapon, or throws any deadly missile in any public place, or in any place where there is any person to be endangered thereby, although no injury to any person shall ensue, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

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