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1862 Or. Spec. Laws 8-9, An Act to Incorporate the City of Albany, § 6.
(1862)
[To] regulate the storage of gun powder and other combustible materials, and the use of candles, lamps and other lights in shops, stables and other places[.]
Charter and Ordinances of the City of Portland and Table of Grades 207 (1879)
(1879)
§That any person or persons who shall fire any pistol, gun or rifle, or any other species of fire-arms, within the corporate limits of the city, shall, on conviction thereof before the Police Court, be fined not less than five dollars nor more than fifty dollars: Provided, That all circumstances of necessity may be plead as a defense to the offense described in this section; and, provided further, that the Chief of Police may permit upon the national holidays and other days of public celebration any appropriate display of firearms named in this section.
1854 Or. Terr. Stat. 257, ch. 37, An Act to Prohibit the Sale of Arms and Ammunition to Indians, §§ 1-3.
(1853)
Prohibited any "white citizen" to sell, barter, or give any kind of firearm or ammunition to "an Indian."
1854 Or. Terr. Stat. 220, ch. 16, § 17
(1853)
If any person shall go armed with dirk, dagger, sword, pistol, or other offensive and dangerous weapon, without reasonable cause to fear an assault, injury, or other violence to his person, or to his family or property, he 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.
1903 Or. Special Laws 31, An Act to Incorporate the City of Portland, ch. 3,§ art. 4, § 73, pt. 36-38
(1903)
To regulate or prevent the storage, manufacture, and sale of dangerous, explosive, or combustible materials, including gunpowder, dynamite, giant powder, calcium carbide, nitro-glycerine, oil, and gas, and to provide for the inspection of the same; to prevent, by all proper means, all risks of injury or damage by fire arising from negligence, or otherwise[.]
Ordinance No. 317: An Ordinance Concerning Offenses and Disorderly Conduct, THE DAILY ASTORIAN, Feb. 22, 1879, at 3, § 7, 9 (Astoria, OR)
(1879)
Any person or persons who shall draw any kind of fire arms, or any dirk, dagger, knife or other deadly weapon upon the person of another, or who shall strike at the person of another with slung-shot, knuckles or any other dangerous weapon, within the corporate limits of the city, shall on conviction thereof before the police judge be fined not less than five nor more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than twenty days, or both.
Charter of the City of Portland, Street and Fire Department Laws, Ordinances, Regulations &C., at 225-27, To Regulate The Storage And Sale Of Gunpowder, And Other Explosive Material, §§ 1-10 (1872)
(1872)
Regulated the keeping and sale of gunpowder
Charter of the City of Portland, Street and Fire Department Laws, Ordinances, Regulations &C., at 205-206, Concerning Offences and Disorderly Conduct, § 2 (1872)
(1868)
That any person or persons who shall fire any pistol, gun or rifle, or any other species of fire-arms within the following limits: the Willamette river on the east and (10) Tenth Street on the west, Caruther's Addition on the south nd F Street on Couch's Addition on the north, shall on conviction thereof before the Recorder, be subject to a penalty of not less than five nor more than fifty dollars, or imprisonment, at the discretion of the Recorder, not exceeding twenty days. Provided that the Marshal shall permit upon the national holidays and other days of public celebration, any appropriate display of fire-arms and other instruments named in this section.]
Ordinances of the Town of Jacksonville 44-45 (1876)
(1876)
Ordinance No. 53, § 9: All persons are forbidden to shoot or fire off any gun within said cemetery enclosures, or put or turn loose any animal therein.
1903 Or. Special Laws 106, An Act to Incorporate the City of North Bend, and to Provide a Charter Therefor . . . , § 27, pt. 23.
(1903)
To regulate the transfer of gunpowder, dynamite, nitro-glycerine, and other combustibles and explosives through the streets§ or alleys of the city[.]
Ordinance no. 26, § 6, DALLES CITY, CHARTER & GENERAL ORDINANCES (Himes the Printer 1882).
(1881)
§Shooting galleries shall pay a quarterly license of five dollars. Every place or building where guns or pistols are kept for shooting at targets, whether for hire or not, shall be deemed a shooting gallery under this ordinance.
1878 Or. Laws 136, Special Laws, An Act to Incorporate the Town of Independence, in the County of Polk, and State of Oregon, § 4.
(1878)
[T]o regulate the storage of gunpowder and other combustible material, and the use of candles, lamps and other lights in shops, halls and other places[.]
ASTORIA, CHARTER AND GENERAL ORDINANCES, ch. 5, § 38, nos. 21 & 23 (Astorian Publishing Company 1891).
(1891)
§To regulate the storage and sale of gunpowder; dynamite, nitro glycerine, oil, or combustible material and to prevent by all possible means danger or risk of injury or damage thereby by fire from carelessness, negligence or otherwise. To regulate the storage of tar, pitch, rosin, lacquer, and the use of candles, lamps and other lights in stores, shops, stables, and other places, to suppress, remove and secure any fire place, stove, chimney, oven, or boiler, or other apparatus which may be dangerous in causing fire. Also provided for the regulation of concealed carry weapons
Ordinance no. 1341, § 21, ASTORIA, CHARTER AND GENERAL ORDINANCES (J. S. Dellinger 1896).
(1891)
Any person or persons who shall fire off or discharge any ordnance, gun, pistol, rifle or other fire-arm within the City Limits of Astoria, or any fire-works or fire-crackers of any kind or description, in that portion of the City west of Salmon street, north of Wall street or Court street and east of Madison street, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
The Charter of Oregon City, Oregon, Together with the Ordinances and Rules of Order 259 (1898)
(1898)
Prohibited the carrying of any slingshot, billy, dirk, pistol, or "any concealed deadly weapon," and the discharge of any firearm, air gun, sparrow gun, flipper, or bean shooter, unless in self-defense.
Act of February 14, 1887, § 3, ALBANY, CHARTER AND GENERAL ORDINANCES (C. W. Watts 1887).
(1887)
regulated the storage of gunpowder, discharge of firearms, and carrying of concealed firearms
1925 Or. Gen. and Special Laws 469-75
(1925)
it shall be unlawful for any person within this state to carry concealed upon his person or within any vehicle which is under his control or direction any pistol, revolver or other firearm capable of being concealed upon the person without having a license to carry such firearm, as hereinafter provided in section 8 hereof
ALBANY, CHARTER AND GENERAL ORDINANCES, no. 152, § 7-8 (C. W. Watts 1887).
(1887)
That any person or persons who shall carry any deadly or dangerous weapons of any kind whatever in a concealed manner within the corporate limits of the city of Albany, shall upon, conviction thereof before the Recorder's court be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, or imprisoned in the city jail not less than five days nor more than fifty days, or both at the discretion of the court;§Provided; That peace officers shall be exempt from the provisions of this section.
1925 Or. Gen. and Special Laws 42, ch. 31, §§ 1-2
(1925)
Prohibited the setting of any loaded spring gun. Punishable by a fine of $100-500 or imprisonment for 30 days to 6 months. Exception for setting of trap gun to destroy burrowing rodents.
Ordinance No. 317: An Ordinance Concerning Offenses and Disorderly Conduct, THE DAILY ASTORIAN, Feb. 22, 1879, at 3, § 2 (Astoria, OR)
(1879)
That any person or persons who shall fire any pistol, gun or rifle or any other kind of fire-arms within the corporate limits of the city, shall on conviction thereof before the Police court, be fined not less than five nor more than fifty dollars
ALBANY, CHARTER AND GENERAL ORDINANCES, no. 152, § 39 (C. W. Watts 1887).
(1887)
§Each of the following shall be conclusively deemed and taken to be a deadly or dangerous weapon within the meaning of the provisions of sections 3 and 7 of this ordinance, to-wit: Any pistol, whether loaded or not, any dirk, dagger, bowie-knife, slung-shot, brass or iron knuckles; and any and all other weapons which the evidence may show to be dangerous to life or limb shall be considered and deemed to be deadly or dangerous weapons within the meaning of said section."
1925 Or. Gen. and Special Laws 172-73, ch. 117, § 1.
(1925)
It shall be unlawful for any person over the age of twelve years, with or without malice, purposely to point or aim any pistol, gun, revolver or other firearm, within range of said firearm, either loaded or empty, at or toward any other person, except in self defense; and any person so offending shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined in any sum not less than $10 nor more than $500
Ordinance no. 26, §§ 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 42, 45, & 46, GRANTS PASS, REVISED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY (Rogue River Courier Print 1894) (Approved 1889).
(1889)
Regulated the brandishing, possession, discharge, and concealed carry of firearms.
1893 Or. Laws 79, An Act to Prevent a Person from Trespassing upon Any Enclosed Premises or Lands Not His Own Being Armed with§a Gun, Pistol, or Other Firearm, and to Prevent Shooting upon or From the Public Highway, §§ 1-3.
(1893)
It shall be unlawful for any person, other than an officer on lawful business, being armed with a gun, pistol, or other firearm, to go or trespass upon any enclosed premises or lands without the consent of the owner or possessor thereof. § 2. It shall be unlawful for any person to shoot upon or from the public highways. § 3. It shall be unlawful for any person, being armed with a gun or other firearm, to cause, permit or suffer any dog, accompanying such person, to go or enter upon any enclosed premises without the consent of the owner or possessor thereof; provided; that this section shall not apply to dogs in pursuit of deer or varmints.
1913 Or. Laws 433, ch. 232,§§ 22.
(1913)
It shall be unlawful at any time in the State of Oregon to shoot or discharge any gun at any game bird or game animal from, or while upon any railroad right of way, or any public road or highway.
1895 Or. Laws 95
(1895)
An Act for the Protection of Game, Fish and Wild Fowl of the State of Oregon, and to Provide for the Appointment of§a Fish and Game Warden, § 16. Every person who shall use any batteries or swivel or pivot-gun, or any other gun than one to be held in the hands and fired from the shoulder, either from the shore or on a boat, raft or other device, on the Columbia river, or on any other lake or river in the state of Oregon, at any time, for the purpose of shooting wild ducks, geese, swan or other water fowl, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished as hereinafter provided.
Ordinance no. 27, §§ 17-18, GRANTS PASS, REVISED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY (Rogue River Courier Print 1894) (Approved 1889).
(1889)
Imposed a 10 dollar license fee on shooting galleries
1903 Or. Spec. Laws 34, An Act to incorporate the city of Portland, ch. 3, art. 4, § 73, pt. 56.
(1903)
To prohibit the carrying of deadly or dangerous weapons in a concealed manner
1913 Or. Laws 497, ch. 256, §§ 1-2
(1913)
§It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to display for sale at retail any pocket pistol or revolver or to sell at retail, barter, give away or dispose of the same to any person whomsoever, excepting a policeman, member of the militia or peace officer of the State of Oregon, unless the purchaser or person attempting to procure the same shall have a permit for the purpose of procuring such pocket pistol or revolver signed by the municipal judge or city recorder of the city or county judge or a justice of the peace of the county wherein such person resides. Also provided that all dealers keep a record of their sales
1917 Or. Gen. and Special Laws 804, ch. 377, § 1-11
(1917)
No person shall carry in any city, town, or municipal corporation of this State any pistol, revolver or other firearm concealed upon his or her person, or of a size which may be concealed upon his or her person, without a license or permit therefor, issued to him or her by a chief of police or sheriff of such city, town or municipal corporation, or in such manner as may be prescribed by ordinance of such city, town or municipal corporation. This section, however, shall not apply to sheriffs and their deputies, constables, marshals, police officers or any other duly appointed peace officers, nor to any person or persons summoned by such officers to assist in making arrest or preserving the peace while said person or persons are engaged in assisting such officers; nor to duly authorized military organizations when parading, nor to members thereof when going to and from places of meeting of their respective organizations.
1903 Or. Laws 309-10
(1903)
An Act to Regulate and Prohibit the Sale, Barter, Exchange, or Gift of Explosives, Firearms or Other Articles of a Like Kind, to Children Under the Age of Fourteen Years, and to Punish the Violation of the Provisions of this Act. §§ 1-2: It shall be unlawful to sell, exchange, barter, or give to any child, under the age of fourteen years, any explosive article or substance, other than an ordinary firecracker, containing ten grains of gunpowder; or to sell, exchange, barter, or give to any such child any firearms, or other device of a like kind, ordinarily used or ordinarily capable of being used in discharging gunpowder in a greater quantity than ten grains; and it is herby made unlawful in any event to sell, exchange, barter, or give to any child, under the age of fourteen years, any instrument or apparatus, the chief utility of which consists in the fact that it is used, or is ordinarily capable of being used, as an article or device to increase the force or intensity of such explosive, or to direct or control the discharge of any such explosive
1907 Or. Laws 292, ch. 149,§§ 1.
(1907)
If any person shall break and enter any building in the night time with intent to commit a crime therein, and shall in the commission of or attempt to commit such crime, use or attempt to use nitro-glycerine, dynamite, gunpowder or other high explosive, such person shall be deemed guilty of burglary with explosives, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary for not less than five years nor more than forty years.
1893 Or.§Laws 29-30, An Act to Punish the Pointing of Firearms at a Human Being, § 1.
(1893)
It shall be unlawful for any person over the age of sixteen years, with or without malice, purposely to point or aim any pistol, gun, revolver, or other firearm, within range of said firearm, either loaded or empty, at or toward any other person, except in self-defense. And any person so offending shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined in any sum not less than ten dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or be imprisoned in the county jail not less than ten days nor more than six months, or both.
1901 Or. Laws 221
(1901)
An Act to Provide for the Preservation and Protection of§Forests, Game, Wild Fowls, Song Birds, Trout, and Other Game Fish . . . , § 11. It shall be unlawful to use any battery, swivel or pivot gun, or other gun than one to be held in the hands and fired from the shoulder, either form the shore or on a boat, raft or other device, on the Columbia River, or any lake or river in the State of Oregon, at any time for the purpose of shooting wild ducks, geese, swan or other water fowl.
1868 Or. Gen. Laws 18-19, An Act to Protect the Owners of Firearms, §§ 1-2.
(1868)
Every white male citizen of this state above the age of sixteen years, shall be entitled to have, hold, and keep, for his own use and defense, the following firearms, to wit: either or any one of the following-named guns, and one revolving pistol: a rifle, shot-gun (double or single barrel), yager, or musket; the same to be exempt from execution, in all cases, under the laws of Oregon. § 2. No officer, civil or military, or other person, shall take from or demand of the owner any fire-arms mentioned in this act, except where the services of the owner are also required to keep the peace or defend the state.
1885 Or.§Laws 263-64, An Act to Incorporate the City of Junction and Repeal An Act Entitled "An Act to Incorporate the City of Junction;" approved October 20, 1872, § 6.
(1885)
[The] Mayor and common council . . . shall have exclusive power within the corporate limits of said city§. . . to regulate . . . the discharge of firearms or other preparation of gunpowder or combustibles of any kind[.]
1885 Or. Laws 33, An Act to Prevent Persons from Carrying Concealed Weapons and to Provide for the Punishment of the Same, §§ 1-2
(1885)
Prohibited the concealed carry of any revolver, pistol, or other firearm, or any knife, dirk, dagger, slung-shot, or metal knuckles, or any instrument which could inflict injury upon another. Violators guilty of a misdemeanor, fined not less than ten dollars but no more than two hundred dollars, and/or jailed not less than five days but no more than one hundred days.
1872 Or.§Laws 26, An Act for the Protection of Game and Fish, § 6.
(1872)
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons, at any time, to place, or use, in any of the streams or rivers of this State, any drugs, charms, or powder, or to use any giant blasting or gun powder, or other explosive material, for the purpose of catching, killing or destroying fish; and any person violating the provision of this section, shall be fined twenty dollars for the first offence, double that sum for the second and treble that sum for the each succeeding offense, to which may be added imprisonment for any time not exceeding ninety days.
1845-64 Or. Gen. Laws 531, ch. 43, § 527
(1864)
If any person shall assault, or assault and beat another with a cowhide, whip, stick or like thing, having at the time in his possession a pistol, dirk or other deadly weapon, with intent to intimidate and prevent such other from resisting or defending himself, such person upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary not less than one, nor more than ten years.
1845-64 Or. Gen. Laws 530-31, ch. 43, § 524-25
(1864)
If any person shall challenge another to fight a duel, or transmit the message for another shall be guilty of a misdemeanor

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