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Idaho

This jurisdictional hub aggregates FRC holdings related to Idaho. 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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    Charter and Revised Ordinances of Boise City, Idaho 118-19 (1894)
    (1877)
    § 36: Prohibited the concealed carry of any Bowie-knife, dirk-knife, pistol, sword in cane, slung-shot, metallic knuckles, or other dangerous or deadly weapons. Violators fined not exceeding twenty-five dollars for each offense, or imprisoned not more than twenty days, or both fine and imprisonment.
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    1864 Idaho Sess. Laws 634
    (1864)
    To Incorporate the City of Idaho in Boise County, § 5: Granted the mayor and common council the power and authority to regulate storage of gunpowder and other combustible materials.
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    Charter and Revised Ordinances of Boise City, Idaho 117 (1894)
    (1877)
    § 31: Prohibited keeping or storing in any building, store, or warehouse, within Boise City in any quantity larger than fifty pound. Also prohibited keeping any giant powder, nitro-glycerine, gun cotton, Herculese powder, dynamite, or other material or substance of equal explosive force by whatever known name. Violators fined not less than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars, or imprisoned not less than ten nor more than twenty days, or both with costs of prosecution.
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    1874 Idaho Sess. Laws 326
    (1874)
    Offenses Against the Persons or Individuals, § 36: Prohibited dueling, challenging another to duel, or shall deliver the verbal or written message to duel. Violators shall be imprisoned not less than two nor more than ten years, and are prohibited from voting or holding public office of "trust or profit" in the Idaho territory.
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    1870 Idaho Sess. Laws 21
    (1870)
    An Act to Amend an Act Concerning Crimes and Punishment . . ., § 40: Prohibited brandishing any dirk, dirk knife, sword, sword cane, pistol, gun, or other deadly weapon in a rude, angry, and threatening manner.
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    Crimes and Punishments, in Compiled and Revised Laws of the Territory of Idaho 326 (1875)
    (1875)
    Prohibited dueling with a rifle, shot-gun, pistol, bowie knife, dirk, small sword, back sword, or any other dangerous weapon. If any person shall kill or inflict a wound that the other party shall die of within one year, every offender shall be deemed guilty of first degree murder.
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    Compiled and Revised Laws of the Territory of Idaho, 354 (1875), § 133
    (1875)
    Prohibited the carrying of "any pistol, gun, knife, dirk, bludgeon, or other offensive weapon, with intent to assault any person." Punishable by imprisonment for up to 3 months or a fine up to $100.
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    1863 Idaho Sess. Laws 442
    (1863)
    Ch. 3, § 39: Prohibited fighting a duel with a rifle, shotgun, pistol, Bowie-knife, dirk, small sword, back sword, or any other dangerous weapon. Should the opponent die of a wound within one year of the duel, the offender is deemed guilty of murder in the first degree. Other persons dueling with or without deadly weapons punished by prison term not less than two but no more than five years.
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    1864 Idaho Sess. Laws 441-42
    (1864)
    An Act Concerning Crimes and Punishments, § 39: Prohibited dueling. Violators imprisoned not less than two nor more than five years in territorial prison. If any person shall have agreed to duel and caused death to any person from an injury resulting from the duel, they shall be found guilty of murder within one year and one day and punished accordingly.
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    1868 Idaho Sess. Laws 95
    (1868)
    An Act Amendatory of an Act Entitled "An Act Concerning Crimes and Punishments," ch. 10, § 1: Prohibited the discharge of any gun, pistol, or any other species of firearms to willfully or maliciously disturb the peace or quiet of any neighborhood. Violators fined not exceeding two hundred dollars, or imprisoned in the County jail not exceeding two months.
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    1863 Idaho Sess. Laws 634
    (1863)
    To Incorporate the City of Idaho in Boise County, § 5: Said mayor and common council shall have full power and authority . . . to regulate the storage of gunpowder and other combustible materials . .