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Nebraska

This jurisdictional hub aggregates FRC holdings related to Nebraska. 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, frontier, homesteading, railroad, and agricultural records, and oral histories tied to Nebraska people and places.
  • Research outputs: technical reports, academic studies, training manuals, and curated datasets relevant to the state.

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    Omaha, Neb., Rev. Ordinances ch. 28, § 5-6 (1872)
    (1872)
    If any person shall carry any concealed weapon or weapons, or have concealed upon or about his or her person any revolver, pistol, slung shot, bowie knife, or other deadly weapon or instrument, such person shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof, shall be fined in any sum not exceeding twenty dollars.
  • Item type:Item,
    Omaha, Neb., Rev. Ordinances ch. 42 § 10 (1890)
    (1890)
    Prohibited the carrying of a concealed pistol or revolver, colt, billy, slungshot, brass knuckles or knuckles of lead, dirk, dagger, or any knife resembling a Bowie knife, or any other dangerous or deadly weapon. Punishable by fine up to $100.
  • Item type:Item,
    Ordinance No. 51: An Ordinance to Establish a Criminal Code, THE GLOBE JOURNAL, Jun. 5, 1880, at 2, § 6, 11
    (1880)
    § 11: Whoever shall carry a weapon, or weapons, concealed on or about his person, such as a pistol, bowie knife, dirk, or any other dangerous weapon, shall be fined not exceeding one hundred dollars, or imprisoned in jail not more than thirty days
  • Item type:Item,
    Lincoln, Neb., Rev. Ordinances pt. 2, ch. 14, art. 16, §§ 1-6 (1895)
    (1895)
    It shall be unlawful for any person within said city to carry about the person any concealed pistol, revolver, dirk, bowie knife, billy, sling-shot, metal knuckles, or other dangerous or deadly weapons of any kind, excepting only officers of the law in the discharge of their duties. Also granted the mayor the power to grant licenses
  • Item type:Item,
    1893 Neb. Consol. Stat. 1231
    (1893)
    Pt. 1, ch. 5, § 5604: Prohibited the concealed carry of a pistol; Bowie-knife, dirk, or any other dangerous weapon. Violators not fined on first offense exceeding one hundred dollars or imprisoned more than thirty days. Second offense not exceeding one hundred dollars or three months imprisonment.
  • Item type:Item,
    1901 Neb. Laws 141
    (1901)
    Ch. 16, § 129, pt. 55: to prevent use of fire arms, rockets, powder, fire works, or other dangerous and combustible material; carrying of concealed weapons; to arrest, punish, fine or set at work on streets or elsewhere vagrants and persons found without visible means of support, or legitimate business; to regulate and prevent the transportation of gun powder
  • Item type:Item,
    1895 Neb. Laws 209-10
    (1895)
    Art. 16, § 1: Prohibited the concealed carry of any pistol, revolver, dirk, Bowie-knife, billy, sling-shot, metal knuckles, or other dangerous or deadly weapons.
  • Item type:Item,
    Fairfield, Neb., Comp. Ordinances no. 20 (1899)
    (1899)
    An Ordinance to Prohibit the Carrying of Concealed Weapons and Fixing a Penalty for the violations of the same. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Council of the City of Fairfield, Nebraska: Prohibited the carrying of a concealed pistol, revolver, dirk, Bowie knife, billy, slingshot, metal knuckles, or other dangerous or deadly weapons. Punishable by forfeiture and "shall be so adjudged."
  • Item type:Item,
    1881 Neb. Comp. Stat. 666
    (1881)
    Pt. 3, ch. 5, § 25: Prohibited the carry of Bowie-knives, dirks, or any other dangerous weapon. First offense punishable by fine not exceeding one hundred dollars or imprisonment not less than thirty days. Second offense punished by fine not exceeding one hundred dollars or imprisoned not exceeding three months or both.
  • Item type:Item,
    1873 Neb. Gen. Stat. 724
    (1873)
    Ch. 58, § 25: Prohibited the conceal carry of a pistol, Bowie-knife, dirk, or any other dangerous weapon. First offense punished with a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days. Second offense fined not exceeding five hundred dollars, or jailed not exceeding three months, or both.