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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.

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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.
1881 Ind. Rev. Stat. 372
(1881)
§§ 1986-1987: Prohibited selling, bartering, exchanging, disposing of, or furnishing any dirk, Bowie-knife, slung-shot, metal knuckles, pistol cartridges, or other deadly weapon which can be carried concealed, to anyone under the age of twenty-one.
William F. Elliott, Elliott's Supplement to the Indiana Revised Statutes of 1881, at 89 (1889)
(1885)
§ 338: Prohibited the manufacture sale, exposure for sale, giving away as a prize or reward, any toy pistol or device that uses exploding caps, wafers, or other explosive compounds. Violators guilty of a misdemeanor, fined not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars, or imprisoned in county jail not less than ten nor moe than twenty days.
1883 Ind. Acts 1712
(1883)
Pointing or Aiming Firearms a Misdemeanor, chap. 87, § 6678: Prohibited anyone over the age of ten to purposefully point any pistol, gun revolver, or other firearm, loaded or unloaded at or toward any other person. Violators fined not less than five hundred dollars.
1881 Ind. Rev. Stat. 371-72
(1881)
§ 1985: Prohibited the concealed carry of any dirk, pistol, Bowie-knife, dagger, sword-cane, or any other dangerous or deadly weapon. Also prohibited the open carry of the same with intent to injure another. Violators fined any sum not exceeding five hundred dollars
1881 Ind. Rev. Stat. 371
(1881)
§ 1984: Prohibited brandishing any pistol, dirk, knife, slung-shot, or any other deadly or dangerous weapon. Violators fined any sum not less than one nor more than five hundred dollars.
1905 Ind. Acts 677
(1905)
Ch. 169, § 410: Prohibited maliciously or mischievously shooting a gun, rifle, pistol or other weapon, or throwing a stone, stick, club or any other substance at a vehicle. Punishable by imprisonment for 30 days to 1 year and a fine of $10-100.
1905 Ind. Acts 688
(1905)
Toy Pistols, § 451: Prohibited the manufacture, sale, exposing for sale, or giving away as a prize, or reward, any toy pistol or other device for the purpose of exploding caps or wafers containing fulminates or other explosive compounds. Violators guilty of a misdemeanor, fined not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars, or imprisoned in county jail not less than ten days nor more than twenty days.
1905 Ind. Stat. Ann. 231, § 2094
(1905)
Ch. 5, art. 4, § 2094: Prohibited the concealed carry of any dirk, pistol, Bowie-knife, dagger, sword-cane, or any other dangerous or deadly weapon. Also prohibited the open carry of the same with intent to injure another. Violators punished by destruction of the weapon. Repeat offenders sentence to not more than one year in prison upon third offense.
1905 Ind. Acts 688
(1905)
Weapon- Furnishing to Minor, § 450: Prohibited selling, bartering, exchanging, disposing of, or furnishing any dirk, Bowie-knife, slung-shot, metal knuckles, pistol cartridges, or other deadly weapon which can be carried concealed, to anyone under the age of twenty-one. Violators guilty of a misdemeanor, fined not less than five nor more than fifty dollars.
1901 Ind. Acts 206
(1901)
Public Comfort and Health, § 4077: Allowed the cities with populations of more than thirty thousand and less than thirty six and a half thousand in population to regulate the storage of gun powder, tar, pitch, resin, coal oil, benzene, turpentine, hemp, cotton, nitroglycerine, dynamite, giant powder, petroleum, gasoline, or gas, or other explosive or combustible material which may seem dangerous
1881 Ind. Acts 191, § 82
(1881)
Ch. 37, § 82: Prohibited wear or carry of any dirk, pistol, Bowie-knife, dagger, sword-cane, or any other dangerous or deadly weapon concealed, or who carries openly with intent or avowed purpose of injuring another. Violators shall be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
1881 Ind. Rev. Stat. 366
(1881)
Crimes, § 1957: Prohibited maliciously or mischievously shooting a gun, rifle, pistol, or other missile or weapon, or throwing a stone, stick, club, or other substance at a vehicle. Punishable by imprisonment for 30 days to 1 year and a fine of $10-100.
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.
1881 Ind. Acts 191, § 81
(1881)
Ch. 37, § 81: Prohibited drawing or threatening to use any pistol, dirk, knife, slung-shot, or any other deadly or dangerous weapon. Violators guilty of a misdemeanor, fined not less than one but no more than five hundred dollars. Violators may also be subject to imprisonment not exceeding six months.

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