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California

This jurisdictional hub aggregates FRC holdings related to California. It supports research on the state’s firearms history, technology, law, policy, and culture from the Spanish and Mexican periods 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, defense and aerospace industry records, law-enforcement and sporting archives, and oral histories tied to California people and places.
Research outputs: technical reports, academic studies, training manuals, and curated datasets relevant to the state.

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San Francisco Municipal Reports for the Fiscal Year 1874-5, Ending June 30, 1875, at 886 (1875)
(1887)
General Orders, Order No. 1,226-Prohibiting the Carrying of Concealed Deadly Weapons, § 1. Approved July 9, 1875: Prohibited the concealed carry of any pistol, dirk, or other dangerous or deadly weapon.
Charter and Ordinances of the City of Stockton 240 (1908)
(1891)
Ordinance No. 53: Prohibited the wear or concealed carry of any pistol, dirk, Bowie-Knife, slungshot, sand-club, metallic knuckles, or any other dangerous or deadly weapon.
General Orders of the Board of Supervisors Providing Regulations for the Government of the City And County of San Francisco: Also, Ordinances of Park Commissioners 8 (1884)
(1880)
General Order no. 1,603-Relating to the Police Department, § 22-Prohibiting the Carrying of Concealed Deadly Weapons. Approved September 17, 1880: Prohibited the concealed carry of any pistol, dirk, or dangerous or deadly weapon.
An Ordinance to Prohibit the Carrying of Concealed Deadly Weapons, in St. Helena Star, December 9, 1884, at 2
(1884)
Prohibited the concealed carry of any pistol, dirk, sword, slung-shot, or other dangerous or deadly weapon. Violators fined not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars or imprisoned not less than one day nor more than thirty days.
City Ordinances of the City of Needles, in The Needles Eye, November 29, 1913, at 3
(1913)
Chapter 4, Article 4-Concealed Weapons, §§ 60-61. Approved November 28, 1913. Volume 25, Number 48. (Needles, California): Prohibited concealed carry of pistol, revolver, dirk, derringer, dagger, Bowie-knife, razor, brass knuckles, slung-shot, sand-bag, or other dangerous or deadly weapon.
Fred L. Button, General Municipal Ordinances of the City of Oakland, California 218 (1895)
(1890)
Sec. 1, An Ordinance to Prohibit the Carrying of Concealed Weapons, No. 1141: Prohibited the wear or concealed carry without a permit of any pistol, slung-shot, brass or iron knuckles, sand club, dirk, Bowie-knife, iron bar, or other dangerous or deadly weapon.
Ordinance No. 10: An Ordinance Prohibiting the Carrying of Concealed Deadly Weapons, and Fixing the Penalty Therefor, in The Lompoc Record, August 21, 1888, at 2
(1888)
Prohibited the concealed carry of any pistol, revolver, dirk, stiletto, or other dangerous or deadly weapon.
Concealed Weapons, in The Napa Valley Register, November 10, 1880, at 3
(1880)
Prohibited the concealed carry of any dirk, pistol, sword-cane, sling-shot, or other dangerous or deadly weapon. Violators guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be fined not less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars. Violators imprisoned until fine is paid, not to exceed one day for each dollar fined.
The Ordinances of the City of Monterey: A Municipal Corporation of the State of California Under a Freeholder's Charter: Classified with Appendix Containing the Charter of Said City: February, 1913, at 112 (1913)
(1892)
Ordinance No. 49-To Prohibit the Carrying of Concealed Weapons, §§ 1-3: Prohibited the wear or concealed carry of any dirk, pistol, sword-cane, slung-shot, or other dangerous or deadly weapon.
Ordinance No. 8, in Los Angeles Herald, April 12, 1889, at 7
(1889)
Ordinance No. 8-An Ordinance to Amend an Ordinance Entitled an "Ordinance Regulating the Carrying of Deadly or Dangerous Weapons," §§ 1-2. Approved April 10, 1889; In Force April 12, 1889. Volume 32, Number 10. (Los Angeles, CA): Prohibited concealed carry of any dirk, Bowie-knife, sword-cane, pistol, revolver, or any other dangerous or deadly weapon.
An Ordinance to Prohibit the Carrying of Concealed Deadly Weapons, in Marysville Daily Democrat, February 7, 1889, at 4
(1889)
Prohibited the concealed carry of any pistol, dirk, or other dangerous or deadly weapon.
Jener W. Nielson, Charter and Ordinances of the City of Fresno, California 52 (1916)
(1891)
No. 221, § 8: Prohibited the concealed carry of any pistol, firearm, slungshot, dirk, Bowie-knife, or other deadly weapon without written permission from the President of the Board of Trustees while within city limits. Violators guilty of a misdemeanor.
Concerning Concealed Weapons, in Alameda Encinal, May 3, 1882, at 3
(1882)
Prohibited concealed carrying of any pistol, slung-shot, brass or iron knuckles, iron bars "such as are usually carried by Chinamen," sand clubs, dirk, Bowie-knife, dangerous weapons, deadly weapons. Violators punished by fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding fifty days, or both.
L. W. Moultrie, Charter and Ordinances of the City of Fresno 30 (1896)
(1896)
Prohibited the concealed carrying of any pistol or firearm, slungshot, dirk, Bowie knife, or other deadly weapon, absent written permission.
Ordinance No. 6, in The Fresno Republican, November 7, 1885, at 3
(1885)
Prohibited the discharge of firearms within the corporate limits of the city. Violators guilty of a misdemeanor. Also prohibited the concealed carry of any pistol, firearm, slung-shot, dirk, Bowie-knife, or other deadly weapon.
1917 Cal. Stat. 221-25
(1917)
Prohibited the concealed carry of any pistol, revolver, or other firearm without a license. Violators guilty of a misdemeanor. Also declared the unlawful carry or possession of any of the above items as a nuisance, to be confiscated by the police and surrendered to a judge. Confiscated weapons are to be destroyed at the end of the year.

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