Indiana
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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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- Research outputs: technical reports, academic studies, training manuals, and curated datasets relevant to the state.
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Item type:Item, 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.Item type:Item, W.G. Armstrong, The Ordinances and Charter of the City of Jeffersonville 15-17, § 3, pt. 11 (1855)(1855)§ 3, Pt. 11: Prohibited discharge of any firearm, squibs, bombs, or fireworks without a license. Punished as a nuisance.Item type:Item, W.G. Armstrong, The Ordinances and Charter of the City of Jeffersonville 15-17 (1855)(1855)§ 3, pt. 10: Prohibited storing more than twenty-five pounds of gun powder.Item type:Item, 1847 Ind. Acts 93(1847)Ch. 61, § 8, pt. 4: An Act to Reduce the Law Incorporating the City of Madison, and the Several Acts Amendatory thereto into One Act, and to Amend the Same: Authorized the town of Madison to regulate and license the keepers of gunpowder and other explosive compoundsItem type:Item, 1847 Ind. Acts 93(1847)An Act to Incorporate the City of Jeffersonville, and the Several Acts Amendatory Thereto Into One Act, and to Amend the Same, chap 77, § 49, pt. 8: Granted the city of Jeffersonville the authority to regulate and license the keepers of gunpowder and other explosive compoundsItem type:Item, 1804 Ind. Acts 108(1804)A Law Entitled a Law Respecting Slaves, § 4: Prohibited a "slave or mulatto" from carrying or possessing a gun, powder, shot, club or other weapon and ammunition.Item type:Item, The Charter, General Ordinances, & c., of the City of Evansville 230 (1871)(1871)§ 23: Prohibited keeping any gun or blasting powder in quantities greater than twenty-five pounds at one time. Also prohibited keeping such quantities in any other vessel than a tin canister, with a cover or stopper and the words "Gun Powder" labeled on it. Also prohibited selling gun powder after twilight.Item type:Item, Ordinance No. 1: Protecting Public Morality, Order and Safety, undated, reprinted in Ordinances of the Town of Bedford 4 (1869)(1869)§ 16: Prohibited discharging any gun, pistol, other firearms, on or across any street, sidewalk, or alley within the corporate limits of the town. Violators fined not exceeding three dollars.Item type:Item, 1879 Ind. Acts 210(1879)An Act To Amend the Thirtieth Section of an Act Entitled "An Act Granting The Citizens Of The Town Of Evansville, In The County Of Vanderburgh," pt. 9: Granted the city council the authority to regulate the keeping and conveying of gunpowder and all other combustible and dangerous materials, including the use of candles and lights in barnes and stables.Item type:Item, Ordinance No. 1: Protecting Public Morality, Order and Safety, undated, reprinted in Ordinances of the Town of Bedford 2 (1869)(1869)§ 4: Prohibited the concealed carry of any dirk, pistol, Bowie-knife, dagger, sword in cane, or any other dangerous or deadly weapon concealed. Also prohibited carrying weapons with intent of injuring another. Violators fined not more than ten dollars.Item type:Item, Ellis Barnes, Amended Charter and Revised Ordinances of the City of Indianapolis 160 (1864)(1863)§ 9: Prohibited discharging a gun or pistol within the city. Violators fined fifty dollars.Item type:Item, 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.Item type:Item, 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.Item type:Item, 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.Item type:Item, 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.Item type:Item, 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.Item type:Item, 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.Item type:Item, 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.Item type:Item, 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.Item type:Item, 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.