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Utah

This jurisdictional hub aggregates FRC holdings related to Utah. 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.
  • Historical materials: newspapers, photographs, maps, catalogs, territorial and frontier records, mining and railroad archives, and oral histories tied to Utah people and places.
  • Research outputs: technical reports, academic studies, training manuals, and curated datasets relevant to the state.

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    Utah Const. art. I, § 6 (1896)
    (1896)
    Declared a right of the people to keep and bear arms for their security and defense, but the legislature may regulate the exercise of the right.
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    The Revised Ordinances of Salt Lake City 283 (Joseph Lippman ed., 1893)
    (1888)
    Ch. 26, § 14: Prohibited carrying a slingshot or any concealed deadly weapon without permission of the mayor. Punishable by fine up to $50.
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    1894 Utah Terr. Laws 64, 76–77
    (1894)
    It shall not be lawful for any body of men whatever, other than the regular organized vol§unteer militia of this Territory, and the troops of the United States, to associate themselves together as a military company or organization, or to drill or parade with arms in any city or town of this Territory
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    The Revised Ordinances of Salt Lake City 284, § 18 (Joseph Lippman ed., 1893)
    (1889)
    Ch. 26, § 18: Any person discharging an air gun, sparrow gun, flipper, or other similar contrivance, within the limits of this city, shall be liable to a fine of not more than twenty-five dollars for every such offense.
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    Ordinances of Ogden City, Utah 98 (1881)
    (1881)
    Any person discharging any gun or pistol within the limits of the city, between the hours of sunset and sunrise, or on the Sabbath day (except in case of necessary defense of self, family or property, or in the case of any civil officer in the discharge of his duty), shall be liable to a fine in any sum not exceeding twenty-five dollars for every such offense.
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    1888 Utah Terr. Laws 166
    (1888)
    To adopt such rules and regulations within their respective counties, except within municipal corporations, with regard to the keeping and storing of every kind of gun powder, [H]ercules powder, giant powder, or other combustible material, as the safety and protection of the lives and property of individuals may require.
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    1899 Utah Laws 42-43
    (1898)
    It shall be unlawful for any person to use any gun larger than ten-gauge while hunting for fowl or birds.
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    1888 Utah Comp. Laws 797
    (1884)
    Any one selling or giving a toy pistol to any person in this Territory, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.