Iowa
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Iowa
This jurisdictional hub aggregates FRC holdings related to Iowa. 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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- Historical materials: newspapers, photographs, maps, catalogs, agricultural, railroad, and manufacturing records, and oral histories tied to Iowa people and places.
- Research outputs: technical reports, academic studies, training manuals, and curated datasets relevant to the state.
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Item type:Item, Chas. Ben. Darwin, Ordinances of the City of Burlington 112 (1856)(1855)Prohibited the discharge of firearms within the city.Item type:Item, An Act Defining Crime and Punishments, 130, Ch. 49, Sec. 72, in Revised Statutes of the Territory of Iowa (Reprint 1911)(1843)Prohibited aiding prisoners in jail from escaping by, among other methods, conveying instruments or arms. Violators fined not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars and imprisoned in the penitentiary at hard labor for a term not exceeding two years.Item type:Item, An Act Defining Crime and Punishments, 131, Ch. 49, Sec. 3, in Revised Statutes of the Territory of Iowa (Reprint 1911)(1843)Prohibited any person from breaking and entering, in the nighttime, any mansion, house, shop, store, or any other house, building, boat, or craft which any person shall reside and commit violence or do so armed with a dangerous weapon. Violators fined three hundred dollars, and imprisoned not exceeding thirty days.Item type:Item, 1845 Iowa Acts 119(1845)An Act to Incorporate and Establish the City of Dubuque, chap 123, § 12: The city of Dubuque shall have the authority to regulate the storage of gun powder.Item type:Item, An Act Defining Crime and Punishments, 126, Ch. 49, Sec. 51, in Revised Statutes of the Territory of Iowa (Reprint 1911)(1843)Prohibited maliciously stabbing or shooting another with intent to kill, wound, or maim. Violators imprisoned not less than one nor more than twenty years.Item type:Item, Chas. Ben. Darwin, Ordinances of the City of Burlington 149-50 (1856)(1841)§ 1: Allowed the mayor and aldermen of the city to authorize a committee on internal improvements to give requirements and regulations before approval of shooting batteries may be given.Item type:Item, An Act to Organize, Discipline, and Govern the Militia of This Territory, Ch. 96, Sec. 11, in Revised Statutes of the Territory of Iowa (Reprint 1911).(1839)That it shall be the duty of every non-commissioned officer and private, who owns a rifle, musket, or firelock, to appear with it in good order at every parade.Item type:Item, An Act Defining Crime and Punishments, 121, Ch. 49, Sec. 20, in Revised Statutes of the Territory of Iowa (Reprint 1911)(1843)Prohibited assault with a deadly weapon, instrument, or other thing with intent to inflict bodily injury. Violators fined not more than one thousand dollars, and imprisoned for a term not exceeding three years.Item type:Item, An Act Defining Crime and Punishments, 121, Ch. 49, Sec. 21-22, in Revised Statutes of the Territory of Iowa (Reprint 1911)(1843)Prohibited challenging another or accepting an offer to duel, or participating as a second or promoter. Violators fined not less than five hundred dollars, nor more than two thousand dollars. Violators where death ensues shall be guilty of murder.Item type:Item, Wm. E. Miller et al., Charter and Laws of Iowa City 13 (1857)(1854)Ordinance no. 6-An Ordinance to Prevent Shooting, §§ 1-2. Passed April 25, 1853; Published April 27, 1853: Prohibited shooting any gun or firearm within the corporate limits of Iowa City. Violators fined not less than one nor more than ten dollars.Item type:Item, The Statute Laws of the Territory of Iowa 332 (1839)(1839)§ 11: Required every non-commissioned officer and private, who owns a rifle, musket, flintlock, or firelock to bring the weapon in good working order to every parade.Item type:Item, Wm. E. Miller et al., Charter and Laws of Iowa City 47 (1857)(1853)Ordinance no. 33-An Ordinance to Preserve the Peace, §§ 1-2. Published March 15, 1854: The police shall arrest any person, among other violations of the general peace, discharging firearms.Item type:Item, 1838 Iowa Acts 449(1838)An Act to Prevent Disasters on Steam Boats, Navigating the Waters Within the Jurisdiction of the Territory of Iowa, §§ 11-12: Required the master and officers of a steam boat carrying gun powder to store the same in the safest part of the vessel, separate from articles likely to create combustion and would not require carry of any lighted lamp, torch, or candle. Also required persons bringing gun powder onto the boat to inform the master and officers. Violators fined not more than one hundred dollars.Item type:Item, Chas. Ben. Darwin, Ordinances of the City of Burlington 108 (1856)(1854)§ 19: Prohibited discharging any gun, pistol, or other firearm within any highway or thoroughfare. Violators guilty of a misdemeanor.Item type:Item, Chas. Ben. Darwin, Ordinances of the City of Burlington 159 (1856)(1856)§ 9: Empowered the mayor, wharf master, and the fire wardens to give direction to boats containing gun powder, gun cotton, hay, or other combustible materials.Item type:Item, John F. Dillon, The Revised Ordinances of the City of Davenport 145 (1866)(1855)Ch. 19, § 1-2: Prohibited discharge of any gun, pistol, or other firearms. Also prohibited discharging firecrackers, rockets, or any other description of fireworks. Violators fined not less than two nor more than ten dollars for each offense.Item type:Item, Chas. Ben. Darwin, Ordinances of the City of Burlington 72-73 (1856)(1847)§§ 1-4: Prohibited any merchant, trader, or other person to retail or deliver gun powder during the night. Violators fined five dollars. Gun powder limited to twenty-five pounds and only in a "safe canister." Gun powder shall only be kept in dwellings approved by the Council. Violators fined one hundred dollars, with the powder confiscated with cost.