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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.
  • Historical materials: newspapers, photographs, maps, catalogs, frontier and militia records, manufacturing and transportation archives (e.g., steel and automotive), and oral histories tied to Indiana people and places.
  • Research outputs: technical reports, academic studies, training manuals, and curated datasets relevant to the state.

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    Edgar A. Brown & William W. Thornton, Revision of 1904: The General Ordinances of the City of Indianapolis 425-26 (1904)
    (1895)
    §§ 1255-58 (12-15): The Chief Fire Engineer shall search any building in the compact portion of the city where there shall be cause to suspect the keeping of gunpowder in quantities over twenty-five pounds. Violators shall have powder seized, fined not less than five nor more than fifty dollars. Owners of said buildings shall be fined not less than one nor more than ten dollars for every day such gunpowder shall be stored or kept.
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    Revision of 1895: The General Ordinances of the City of Indianapolis 290-91 (1895)
    (1895)
    Be it ordained by the Common Council and Board of Aldermen of the City of Indianapolis, That it shall hereafter be unlawful for any person to conduct or carry on any shooting gallery or room where rifle or pistol shooting is practiced, in the City of Indianapolis, without first having procured a license so to do, as hereinafter provided
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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