Minnesota

Permanent URL for this collectionhttps://dspace.firearmsresearchcenter.org/id/frc0001/4285

Minnesota

This jurisdictional hub aggregates FRC holdings related to Minnesota. 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 rules, attorney general opinions, appellate decisions, and select municipal ordinances.
Historical materials: newspapers, photographs, maps, catalogs, fur trade and frontier records, logging and Iron Range mining archives, and oral histories tied to Minnesota 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

Search Results

Now showing 1 - 27 of 27

1859 Minn. Pub. Stat. 798-800
(1858)
Ch. 120, §§ 1, 8: That all able-bodied, white male citizens resident of this state, being eighteen years of age, and under the age of forty-five years, excepting persons exempt by law, shall be enrolled in the militia, and perform military duty in such manner-not incompatible with the constitution and laws of the United States-as hereinafter prescribed
Proceedings of the Common Council of the City of Saint Paul 133 (1891)
(1891)
Ordinance no. 1507, § 6: Prohibited the carry of firearms, shooting of birds, or throwing of stones or other missiles within the park
An Ordinance to Prevent the Carrying of Concealed Weapons, §§ 1-3, in The Worthington Advance, Feb. 9, 1882, at 3
(1882)
That it shall be unlawful for any person within the corporate limits of the village of Worthington to carry any pistol, dirk, slung shot or other dangerous weapon, concealed on his person.
W.P. Murray, The Municipal Code of Saint Paul 39 (1884)
(1884)
No. 19: To provide for the receipt, storage, transportation, safe keeping and dealing and traffic in gun powder, gun cotton, petroleum, kerosene or other dangerous, explosive or inflammable oils or substances within said city, or within one mile of the corporate limits thereof, and to provide for the summary condemnation or destruction of any of said articles as may be kept, stored, dealt in, transported through or received in said city, contrary to such ordinance s said city may enact for the safety of life and property therein.]
1851 Terr. of Minn. Rev. Stat. 528
(1851)
Ch. 112, § 18: Required any person going armed with any dirk, dagger, sword, pistol, or other offensive and dangerous weapon to post a surety once a complaint was filed, having cause to fear an injury or breach of the peace. Surety not to exceed six months with appeals provided. §18 provided that a surety may surrender his principal upon breach of the condition of recognizance.
Annual Reports of the City Officers and City Boards of the City of Saint Paul 689 (1888)
(1888)
No. 6: Prohibited carrying fire arms, throwing stones, or other missiles in any park or within fifty yards thereof.
W.P. Murray, The Municipal Code of Saint Paul 289-90 (1884)
(1882)
Art. 18, §§ 1, 7: "Sec 1. It shall be unlawful for any person, within the limits of the city of St. Paul, to carry or wear under his clothes, or concealed about his person, any pistol or pistols, dirk, dagger, sword, slungshot, cross-knuckles, or knuckles of lead, brass or other metal, bowie-knife, dirk-knife or razor, or any other dangerous or deadly weapon. Sec. 7. The Mayor of the city of St. Paul may grant to so many, and to such persons as he may think proper, licenses to carry concealed weapons; and may revoke any and all of such licenses at his pleasure.
1897 Minn. Gen. Laws 229
(1897)
Ch. 118, pt. 3, art. 5, § 107: It shall not be lawful for any body of men whatever, other than the regularly organized national guard of this state, and the troops of the United States, to associate themselves together as a military company or organization, to drill or parade with arms in any city or town of this state, except the regular organization known as the Sons of Veterans
1903 Minn. Gen. Laws 588-89
(1903)
Ch. 336, § 12: No person shall at any time set, lay, prepare or have in possession any trap, snare, artificial light, net, bird lime, swivel gun or set gun or any contrivance whatever for the purpose of catching, taking or killing any of the birds in this act mentioned, except that decoys and stationary blinds may be used in hunting wild geese, brant and ducks
City Charter of the City of Hastings 74 (1870)
(1870)
Ordinance No. 74-An Ordinance Relating to Breaches of the Peace, Disorderly Conduct and the Carrying of Concealed Weapons, § 3: Any person who shall go armed within the incorporated limits of said city of Hastings with a dirk, dagger, sword, pistol or pistols, or shall carry a slung-shot or metal knuckles or other offensive or dangerous weapon, without reasonable cause to fear an assault or other injury to his person or to his family or property, shall, upon conviction before said justice, be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding three months, or both, in the discretion of the justice."
The Charter and Ordinances of the City of St. Paul 166-67 (1863)
(1858)
Ch. 21, §§ 1-5: Prohibited the keeping, sale, or giving away of gun powder or gun cotton "in any quantity" absent payment of $5 to the City Treasurer and written permission of the authorities. Authorized any person to "keep for his own use" no more than 1 pound of gun powder or gun cotton at any one time. Punishable by a fine not to exceed $50 per offense.
1905 Minn. Gen. Laws 162-63
(1905)
An Act Amending General Statutes of 1894, § 6445, Relating to Manslaughter, ch. 125, § 1: By shooting another with a gun, or other firearm when resulting from carelessness in mistaking the person shot for a deer or other animal is manslaughter in the first degree
School Law & Ordinances of the City of Minneapolis 19-20 (Grove B. Cooley 1883).
(1883)
Ch.4, § 5, nos. 5 & 15 : To regulate the storage of gun powder and discharge of firearms
Charter and Ordinances of the City of Moorhead, Minnesota 49 (1892)
(1882)
An Ordinance Relating to Offences Affecting Public Peace and Quiet, §§ 1-4 & 8: SECTION 1. Any person who shall be found in a state or condition of drunkenness or intoxication, or who shall make or assist in making any improper noise, disturbance or diversion, or shall conduct himself in a disorderly manner, or shall be guilty of firing any gun or guns or any pistol or revolver or revolvers, or fighting in this city, shall, on conviction before one of the justices of the peace of this city, pay a fine of not less than three dollars nor more than one hundred dollars and costs of prosecution.
1905 Minn. Gen. Laws 620
(1905)
Ch. 344, § 53: No person shall have in his possession within any such park or within one-half mile of the outer limits thereof, any gun, revolver, or other firearm unless the same is unloaded, and except after the same has been sealed by the park commissioner or a deputy appointed by him, and except such gun or other firearm at all times during which it may be lawfully had in such park remains so sealed and unloaded.§
1907 Minn. Gen. Laws 408-09
(1907)
An Act to Prohibit the Shooting of Firearms Within Three Miles of the Corporate Limits of Cities Having a Population of 50,000 or More, ch. 300, § 1: unlawful for any person to hunt with or carry loaded any rifle or other firearm for the purpose of hunting within three miles of the corporate limits of any city having a population of 50,000 or more, except target practice on regular rifle ranges, and members of duly organized gun clubs shooting or practicing on lands owned or leased by the club, or trap shooter shooting or practicing on grounds selected for that purpose, or firing a salute over the graves of soldiers.§
Jos. A. Eckstein, The Charter and Ordinances of the City of New Ulm 110-11 (1887)
(1888)
Ordinance no. 22, §§ 1-6: It shall be unlawful for any person, within the limits of this city to carry or wear under his clothes or concealed about his person, any pistol, dirk, sling-shot, or knuckle of brass or other metal, or any other dangerous or deadly weapon
1891 Minn. Gen. Stat. 517, §§ 6290-91
(1891)
§§ 6290-91: Prohibited carrying with intent to use against another any slung-shot, sand-club, metal knuckles, dagger, dirk, knife, pistol, or other firearm, or any dangerous. Violators guilty of a misdemeanor.
1889 Minn. Gen. Stat. 1006
(1888)
Making, Selling, etc., Dangerous Weapons, §§ 333-34: Prohibited manufacturing, selling, giving, or disposing of a slungshot, sandclub, or metal knuckles, or selling or giving a pistol or firearm to a minor without magistrate consent. Also prohibited carrying a concealed slungshot, sandclub, or metal knuckles, or a dagger, dirk, knife, pistol or other fire-arm, or any dangerous weapon.
The Penal Code of the State of Minnesota 127, § 333 (1885)
(1885)
§ 333: Prohibited the manufacture, sale, keeping for sale, offering, giving, or disposing any slung-shot, sand-club, or metal knuckles. Also prohibited the sale of any pistol or firearm to minors.
Minn. Stat. ch. 54, tit. 3, §§ 64-65 (1873)
(1873)
Of Crimes and Their Punishment, Setting Spring Guns Unlawful, § 64-65: Prohibited the setting of any trap gun, spring gun, or putting a pistol, rifle, or other deadly weapon "in this state." . Punished by imprisonment for at least 6 months or a fine of up to $500 if no injury results; imprisonment for up to 5 years if non-fatal injury results; and imprisonment for 10-15 years if death results.
The Penal Code of the State of Minnesota 127, § 334 (1885)
(1885)
§ 334: Prohibited the carry or possession with intent to use against another any slung-shot, sand-club, metal knuckles, dagger, dirk, knife, pistol, or other firearm, or any dangerous weapon. Violators guilty of misdemeanor.
The Penal Code of the State of Minnesota 126, § 323 (1885).
(1885)
Keeping Gunpowder Unlawfully: A person who makes, or keeps, gunpowder, nitro-glycerine, or any other explosive or combustible material, within a city or village, or carries such materials through the streets thereof, in a quantity or manner prohibited by law, or by ordinance of the city or village, is guilty of a misdemeanor. And a person who, by the careless, negligent or unauthorized use or management of gunpowder or other explosive substance, injures, or occasions the injury of, the person or property of another, is punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one (1) year."
1889 Minn. Gen. Stat. 1012
(1888)
§ 367: A person who willfully discharges any species of firearms, air-gun, or other weapon, or throws any deadly missile in any public place, or in any place where there is any person to be endangered thereby, although no injury to any person shall ensue, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
1869 Minn. Gen. Laws 50-51
(1869)
Ch. 39, §§ 1-3: Prohibited the setting of a trap gun or spring gun, pistol, or other deadly weapon. Violators punished not less than six months in jail or fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or both if there is no injury. If death results, imprisonment not less than ten but no more than fifteen years. If injury results, punishable by imprisonment not exceeding five years.
Minn Stat. ch. 55, tit. 1, § 17 (1873)
(1873)
Whoever goes armed with a dirk, dagger, sword, pistol or pistols, or other offensive and dangerous weapon, without reasonable cause to fear an assault or other injury or violence to his person, or to his family or property, may, on complaint of any other person having reasonable cause to fear an injury or breach of the peace, be required to find sureties for keeping the peace, for a term not exceeding six months, with the right of appealing as before provided.
1891 Minn. Gen. Stat. 517, § 6289
(1891)
§ 6289: Prohibited the sale or giving of any pistol or firearm to any minor under eighteen years. Violators guilty of a misdemeanor.

Minnesota

Minnesota

Browse

Filters

Advanced Search

Filter by

Settings

Sort By

Results per page

Search Results