STAGE SERVER

Idaho

Permanent URL for this collectionhttps://dspace.firearmsresearchcenter.org/id/frc0001/3674

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.
  • Historical materials: newspapers, photographs, maps, catalogs, mining, forestry, railroad, and agricultural records, and oral histories tied to Idaho people and places.
  • Research outputs: technical reports, academic studies, training manuals, and curated datasets relevant to the state.

Cite the Firearms Research Center and the item’s handle/DOI when using materials. Rights and licensing vary by item.

Browse

Filters

1887 - 188941890 - 18972

Advanced Search

Filter by

Settings

Start date: 1880End date: 1899

Search Results

Now showing 1 - 6 of 6
  • Thumbnail Image
    Item type:Item,
    Idaho Const. art. I, § 11 (1889)
    (1889)
    Declared a right to keep and bear arms, but the legislature shall regulate the exercise of the right by law.
  • Thumbnail Image
    Item type:Item,
    Richard Z. Johnson, The Revised Statutes of Idaho Territory 729 (1887)
    (1887)
    § 6706: Enhanced the sentence of any person who assaults, beats another with a cowhide, stick, or whip and, having in his possession, a pistol or other deadly weapon with intent to intimidate or prevent the person assaulted from defending himself. Offenders punished by imprisonment in territorial prison not less than one nor more than four years.
  • Thumbnail Image
    Item type:Item,
    1888 Idaho Sess. Laws 23
    (1888)
    An Act Regulating the Use and Carrying of Deadly Weapons in Idaho Territory, § 1: Prohibited the carry, exhibition, or flourish of any dirk, dirk-knife, sword, sword-cane, pistol, gun, or other deadly weapons. Violators guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by fine not less than fifty nor more than one hundred dollars, or imprisonment in jail for not less than twenty nor more than fifty days, or both fine and imprisonment.
  • Thumbnail Image
    Item type:Item,
    1889 Idaho Sess. Laws 23
    (1889)
    § 1: Prohibited the carry or brandishing of any dirk, dirk-knife, sword, sword-cane, pistol, gun, or other deadly weapons within limits of any city, town, or village, or in any public assembly. Violators guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not less than fifty but no more than one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment not less than twenty but no more than fifty days, or both fine and imprisonment.
  • Thumbnail Image
    Item type:Item,
    Charter and Revised Ordinances of Boise City, Idaho 111 (1894)
    (1894)
    § 9: Prohibited the carry, use for amusement, or have in possession any air gun or spring gun. Violators fined not exceeding ten dollars, or be imprisoned in the city jail not more than five days, or both fine and imprisonment.
  • Thumbnail Image
    Item type:Item,
    1897 Idaho Sess. Laws 89
    (1897)
    § 2, pt. 18: Amended the Boise city charter to authorize the storage and sale of gun powder and other combustible materials, as well as "all possible and proper means" to prevent the danger or risk of injury or damage by fire from carelessness, negligence, or otherwise.