Arizona
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Arizona
This jurisdictional hub aggregates FRC holdings related to Arizona. It supports research on the state’s firearms history, technology, law, policy, and culture from the territorial period through statehood to the present.
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- Research outputs: technical reports, academic studies, training manuals, and curated datasets relevant to the state.
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Item type:Item, 1889 Ariz. Sess. Laws 30-31(1889)Prohibited carrying "a pistol or other firearm, dirk, dagger, slung shot, sword cane, spear, brass knuckles, bowie knife, or any other kind of a knife manufactured and sold for the purposes of offense or defense" to "any church or religious assembly, any school room, or other place where persons are assembled for amusement or for educational or scientific purposes, or into any circus, show or public exhibition of any kind, or to a ball room, social party or social gathering, or to any election precinct on the day or days of any election, where any portion of the people of this Territory are collected to vote at any election, or to any other place where people may be assembled to minister or to perform any other public duty, or to any other public assembly." Any peace officer who refuses to arrest anyone with the carry on the person, or in saddlebags, of any pistol, dirk, dagger, slung-shot, sword-cane, spear, brass knuckles, Bowie-knife, or any other kind of knife manufactured for purposes of offense or defense shall be punished by fine not exceeding three hundred dollars.Item type:Item, Ariz. Rev. Stat. tit. XI, § 392 (1901)(1901)Prohibited brandishing a deadly weapon in the presence of two or more persons, in a rude, angry, or threatening manner, or who unlawfully uses the same in any fight or quarrel. Violators guilty of a misdemeanor.Item type:Item, Ariz. Rev. Stat. tit. XLVI, § 3201 (1901)(1901)§ 3201: Prohibited forming a militia that is not the national guard or active duty of the United States military.Item type:Item, Ariz. Rev. Stat. tit. XI, § 387 (1901)(1901)Prohibiting carrying pistols or other firearms, dirks, daggers, slung shots, sword canes, spears, brass knuckles, bowie knifes, or any other kind of a knife manufactured and sold for the purposes of violence to any church, school room, or other place where persons are assembled for amusement or for educational or scientific purposes, or to any election precinct on the day or days of any election.Item type:Item, 1889 Ariz. Sess. Laws 30(1889)Prohibited the carry on the person, or in saddlebags, of any pistol, dirk, dagger, slung-shot, sword-cane, spear, brass knuckles, Bowie-knife, or any other kind of knife manufactured for purposes of offense or defense. Only applied within any settlement, town, village or city. Violators fined not less than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars, and shall forfeit the weapons to the county upon conviction.Item type:Item, 1907 Ariz. Sess. Laws 15(1907)An Act to Prohibit Officers from Carrying Firearms While Under the Influence of Liquor and for Other Purposes, ch. 16, § 1: Prohibited law enforcement from carrying a pistol, gun, or other firearm while intoxicated. Also prohibited striking any person with a pistol, gun, or other firearm while an officer is intoxicated.Item type:Item, Tombstone, Ariz., Ordinance 9 (Apr. 19, 1881), reprinted in Jane Eppinga, Postcard History Series: Tombstone 30 (2010)(1881)Prohibited the carry of deadly weapons. Violators guilty of a misdemeanor and fined two hundred and fifty dollars or imprisoned for thirty days, or both fine and imprisoned.Item type:Item, Ariz. Rev. Stat. tit. XI, § 382 (1901)(1901)Prohibited the concealed carrying of any pistol or other firearm, dirk, dagger, slungshot, sword cane, spear, brass knuckles, Bowie knife (or any kind of knife, except a pocket knife not manufactured for offensive or defensive use). Exempted peace officers in discharge of official duties. Punishable by a fine of $25-100 and forfeiture of the weapon.Item type:Item, 1869 Ariz. Sess. Laws 99(1868)Any person or persons within this Territory who shall sell or give arms or ammunition to any Indians, or repair arms for them, shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished as follows .Item type:Item, 1867 Ariz. Sess. Laws 21-22(1867)This law makes it illegal to display or use deadly weapons in a threatening or aggressive way in front of others unless it is for self-defense, with penalties including fines, jail time, or both. It also prohibits firing guns recklessly in public areas in a way that disturbs the peace or endangers people, with smaller fines and shorter jail terms. Law enforcement officers and even private citizens are required to report and help enforce these rules. Judges and juries must actively ensure violations are investigated and prosecuted, and the law takes effect immediately after being passed.Item type:Item, Ariz. Rev. Stat. tit. X, § 362 (1901)(1901)Prohibited the selling, giving, renting, bartering, or furnishing of any rifles, carbines, pistols, revolvers, ammunition, or cartridges to Indians. Violators guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment not less than one or more than six months, or by fine not less than fifty nor more than three hundred dollars, or both.Item type:Item, Ariz. Rev. Stat. tit. XI, § 662 (1887)(1887)Prohibited any person in any city, village, or town from having or carrying concealed any dirk, dirk-knife, Bowie-knife, slung-shot, brass knuckles, pistol, or other weapon. Violators fined not more than three hundred dollars, or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.Item type:Item, 1893 Ariz. Sess. Laws 11-12(1893)Prohibited the concealed carry any pistol, other firearm, dirk, dagger, slung-shot, sword cane, spear, brass knuckles, or other knuckles of metal, Bowie-Knife, or any kind of knife not manufactured and used for the purpose of offense or defense.Item type:Item, 1912 Ariz. Sess. Laws 253(1912)Prohibited any person from shooting a rifle, revolver, or shotgun of any caliber or gauge from or across any public highway were there are dwelling homes on either side or where the shot shall pass over any cultivated land or dwelling houses, stock, or other animals grazing on land.Item type:Item, Ariz. Rev. Stat. tit. XI, § 381 (1901)(1901)Crimes Against the Public Peace, § 381: Prohibited discharge of a gun, pistol, or other firearm in any saloon, dance house, store or other public house or business house in the territory. Also prohibited injury, destruction, or damage of property therein. Violators fined not exceeding three hundred dollars or imprisoned in jail not exceeding six months, or both.Item type:Item, Ariz. Rev. Stat. tit. XI, §§ 385-386 (1901)(1901)§§ 385, 386: Prohibited the carry on the person, or in saddlebags, of any pistol, dirk, dagger, slung-shot, sword-cane, spear, brass knuckles, Bowie-knife, or any other kind of knife manufactured for purposes of offense or defense.Item type:Item, Ariz. Rev. Stat. tit. XI, § 390 (1901)(1901)Persons traveling permitted to carry arms within a half hour of arriving in a settlement or town. Also allowed sheriffs and constables to carry in the legal discharge of their respective offices.Item type:Item, Ordinance No. 9: Carrying Deadly Weapons, Jan. 28, 1873, reprinted in Arizona Weekly Citizen, Feb. 8, 1873, at 2(1873)Prohibited the wear or carry of any dirk, dirk-knife, gun, pistol, sword-cane, slung-shot, or other dangerous or deadly weapon. Violators fined not exceeding ten dollars, or imprisoned not exceeding ten days, or both.Item type:Item, Supplement to the Revised Code of Arizona 204 (2d ed. 1936)(1936)Game and Fish Preservation, § 1543: Prohibited hunting with a suppressed firearm. Also prohibited hunting deer or bear with a firearm propelling more than one ball or bullet per charge. Any gun used to kill songbirds or insectivorous birds shall be confiscated by the game warden as a nuisance.Item type:Item, Ariz. Rev. Stat. tit. X, § 342 (1901)(1901)Prohibited the sale or transfer of any firearms or toy pistols which discharge explosive substances to any minor under the age of fourteen. Violators guilty of a misdemeanor.Item type:Item, Ariz. Rev. Stat. tit. XI, § 391 (1901)(1901)Required the keeper of every hotel, boarding house, and drinking saloon to post in a conspicuous place in the bar or reception room that travelers divest themselves of weapons. Violators fined five dollars.Item type:Item, 1883 Ariz. Sess. Laws 65-66(1883)Prohibited any person over the age of ten but under the age of seventeen from carrying any dirk, dirk-knife, Bowie-knife, slung-shot, brass knuckles, or pistol. Also prohibited drawing or exhibiting deadly weapons in a rude, angry, or threatening manner, unlawful use in a fight or quarrel, or careless handling that endangered another person, as well as the purposely or carelessly discharging of a firearm in any saloon, dance-house, or other public business.Item type:Item, 1883 Ariz. Sess. Laws 21-22(1883)Prohibited anyone over the age of ten from carrying with malicious intent or to intimidate with any dirk, dirk-knife, Bowie-knife, pistol, rifle, shotgun, or firearms of any kind. Violators fined not less than twenty but no more than fifty dollars, or imprisoned not less than five no more than ten days.