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, 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, Henry Golerick, Charter and Revised Ordinances of the City of Fort Wayne 26 (1887)(1887)Ch. 31, § 17: It shall be unlawful for any person to fire or discharge any common gun, fowling piece, pistol or firearms of any description, or fire, or explode or set off any squib, cracker, or any other thing containing powder, or other combustible or explosive material, without permission from the Common Council, or written permission from the MayorItem 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, Edgar A. Brown & William W. Thornton, Revision of 1904: The General Ordinances of the City of Indianapolis 551 (1904)(1884)§§ 1665-1668: Prohibited operating a shooting gallery for rifles or pistols without obtaining a license. Licenses shall cost twenty-five dollars for six-months or fifty dollars for one year. Violators fined fifty dollars for each day in violation.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, 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.Item type:Item, 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.Item type:Item, 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.Item type:Item, 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 dollarsItem type:Item, 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.Item type:Item, 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.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, 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, 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.Item type:Item, 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.