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Indiana

This jurisdictional hub aggregates FRC holdings related to Indiana. 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.
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Jurisdiction: search.filters.coverage.IndianaEnd date: 1879

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    1819 Ind. Acts 39
    (1819)
    An Act to Prohibit the Wearing of Concealed Weapons: Prohibited concealed carry of an dirk, pistol, sword in cane, or any other unlawful weapon. Violators guilty of a misdemeanor, fined not more than one hundred dollars.
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    1875 Ind. Acts 62
    (1875)
    Ch. 17, § 1: Prohibited the drawing or threatening to use a pistol, dirk, knife, slungshot, or any other deadly or dangerous weapon. Punishable by fine of $1-500, and potentially imprisonment up to 6 months.
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    1843 Ind. Acts 982
    (1843)
    Ch. 53, sec. 107: Prohibited the concealed wear or carry of any dirk, pistol, sword in a cane, or other dangerous weapon. Violators fined not exceeding one hundred dollars.
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    1831 Ind. Rev. Stat. 192
    (1831)
    Ch. 26, § 58: Prohibited the concealed carry of a dirk, pistol, sword-cane, or other dangerous weapon. Violators fined not exceeding one hundred dollars.
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    1875 Ind. Acts 59
    (1875)
    Ch. 40 § 1-2: Prohibited the sale, barter, or transfer of any pistol, dirk, Bowie-knife, slung-shot, knuckles, or other deadly weapon to any adult under the age of twenty-one. Violators guilty of a misdemeanor and fined not less than five but no more than fifty dollars.
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    1820 Ind. Acts 39
    (1820)
    Ch. 11, § 1: Prohibited any person from wearing or carrying any dirk, pistol, sword-cane, or other dangerous weapon. Violators punished by fine not exceeding one hundred dollars.
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    1859 Ind. Acts 129
    (1859)
    Ch. 78, § 1: Prohibited the wear or carry of any dirk, pistol, Bowie-knife, dagger, sword-cane, or any other dangerous or deadly weapon with the intent or avowed purpose of injuring another. Violators fined not exceeding five hundred dollars.
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    1836 Ind. Acts 77
    (1836)
    An Act to Prevent Disasters on Steam Boats, § 7: Required gun powder to be transported upon steam boats stowed away as great a distance as possible from the furnace. Written notification shall be posted in three places. In the event of loss of property or life from the powder, the owner shall be liable.
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    1852 Ind. Rev. Stat. 485-86
    (1852)
    Granted the board of trustees for new incorporated towns to regulate the storage of gun powder and other dangerous materials.
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    1855 Ind. Acts 153
    (1855)
    An Act to Provide for the Punishment of Persons Interfering with Trains or Railroads, ch. 79, § 1: Prohibited the carrying of any dirk, pistol, Bowie knife, dagger, sword in cane, or any other dangerous or deadly weapon with the intent of injuring another person. Exempted any person who was a "traveler." Punishable by fine up to $500.