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William Stanley, Charter and Ordinances of the City of Leavenworth 42 (1859)
(1859)
§§ 1-2: Prohibited the carry of concealed weapons. Prohibited any person guilty of carrying a pistol, dirk, bowie-knife, colt, slung-shot, metal knuckles, or any other deadly weapon. Violators fined not less than five, nor more than two hundred dollars.
1868 Kan. Gen Stat. 378
(1868)
§ 282: Prohibited carrying a pistol, bowie-knife, dirk, or other deadly weapon while engaged in illegitimate business, under the influence of intoxicating drinks, or engaged in insurrection against the United States. Violators guilty of a misdemeanor, fined not exceeding one hundred dollars, or imprisoned not exceeding three months, or both fine and imprisonment.
Private Laws of the Territory of Kansas 137 (1860)
(1860)
An Act to Amend and Consolidate the Several Act Relating to the City of Lawrence, § 35, pt. 7: Granted the city of Lawrence the authority to regulate the keeping and conveying of gun powder and other combustible and dangerous materials.
Bruce L. Keenan, Book of Ordinances of the City of Wichita 45 (1900)
(1899)
§ 1: That any person, not an officer of the law in the execution of his duty, who shall in the city of Wichita, draw a pistol, revolver, knife, or any other deadly weapon upon another person shall upon conviction, be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars.
Ordinance No. 79: An Ordinance Relating to Crimes and Punishments, in Scandia Journal, Jan. 5, 1894, at 8
(1894)
§ 11: Every person who shall, within the corporate limits of the city of Scandia, discharge any firearm, rocket, giant powder, fireworks, or any other explosive material without first obtaining a permit from the mayor shall be fined twenty five dollars upon conviction
William Stanley, Charter and Ordinances of the City of Leavenworth 76 (1859)
(1859)
§ 4: Prohibited discharging any firearms, firecrackers, squibs, through fireballs, or other combustible substance, or setting any bonfires. Violators fine not less than three nor more than twenty-five dollars.
Bruce L. Keenan, Book of Ordinances of the City of Wichita 46 (1900)
(1899)
§§ 2-4: Any person who shall in the city of Wichita carry unconcealed, any fire-arms, slungshot, sheath or dirk knife, or any other weapon, which when used is likely to produce death or great bodily harm, shall upon conviction, be fined not less than one dollar nor more than twenty-five dollars. Using or Carrying Bean Snapper, § 3. Any person who shall, in the city of Wichita, use or carry concealed or unconcealed, any bean snapper or like articles shall upon conviction be fined in any sum not less than one dollar nor more than twenty-five dollars. Carrying Concealed Deadly Weapons, § 4. Any person who shall in the city of Wichita, carry concealed about his person any fire-arm, slung shot, sheath or dirk knife, brass knuckles, or any weapon, which when used is likely to produce death or great bodily harm, shall upon conviction, be fined in any sum not exceeding one hundred dollars.
Private Laws of the Territory of Kansas 138 (1860)
(1860)
An Act to Amend and Consolidate the Several Acts Relating to the City of Lawrence, § 35, pt. 19: Granted the city of Lawrence the authority to regulate the discharging of firearms, rockets, gunpowder, fireworks within the streets or vicinity of any building.
Guy L. Hursch, Revised Ordinances and Rules of the City Council, of the City of Holton 1905, at 130, 134-35, § 21 (1905) (effective Aug. 8, 1888)
(1888)
§ 21: Any minor who shall have in his possession any pistol, revolver or toy pistol by which cartridges may be exploded, or any dirk, bowie knife, brass knuckles, slung shot or any other deadly weapons, shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not less than one or more than ten dollars."
O. P. Ergenbright, Revised Ordinances of the City of Independence, Kansas 162 (1887)
(1887)
§ 27: Prohibited using a pistol or other weapon in a hostile or threatening manner. Also prohibited carrying a concealed pistol, dirk, Bowie knife, revolver, slungshot, billy, brass, lead, or iron knuckles, or any deadly weapon. Punishable by fine of $5-100.
Samuel Kimball, Charter, Other Powers, and Ordinances of the City of Lawrence 149 (1866)
(1863)
§ 10: Prohibited the concealed carry of any pistol, Bowie-knife, or other deadly weapon. Violators fined not less than one nor more than ten dollars.
An Ordinance Relating to Guns, Pistols, and Other Weapons, in The Pioneer Democrat, Jun. 11, 1887, at 2.
(1887)
That is shall be unlawful for any person or persons to come inside the corporate limits of this city with any gun, pistol, or weapon of any kind on his person or in his possession or charge. Provided, however, that the marshal or his deputy may permit any person or persons who is in his opinion should be permitted to pass through said city with their guns, pistols or other weapons, so to do.
C. B. Pierce, Charter and Ordinances of the City of Leavenworth 45 (1863)
(1863)
An Ordinance Relating to Misdemeanors, § 23: Prohibited the carrying of any concealed "pistol, dirk, bowie knife, revolver, slung shot, billy, brass, lead or iron knuckles, or any other deadly weapon within this city." Punishable by a fine of $3-100.
Sam Kimble, Revised Ordinances of the City of Manhattan and Rules of the Council 49-50 (1887)
(1887)
Section 12 prohibited carrying concealed weapons such as pistols, Bowie knives, dirks, or other deadly weapons. It also prohibited discharging firearms, fireworks, rockets, or other dangerous combustible materials in public areas, with limited exceptions for killing nuisance animals on one's own property or birds for scientific purposes. Violations were misdemeanors punishable by a $3–$10 fine. Section 13 prohibited giving, selling, lending, or otherwise providing pistols, revolvers, cartridge/cap-firing toy pistols, certain knives, slingshots, or other dangerous weapons to minors or persons described by the ordinance as being of “notoriously unsound mind.” Violations were misdemeanors carrying a $5–$100 fine. Section 14 made it a misdemeanor for a minor to possess pistols, cartridge-firing toy pistols, Bowie knives, dirks, brass knuckles, slung shots, rubber slingshots, or other dangerous weapons. The penalty was a $1–$10 fine.
Revised Ordinances of the City of Salina 99 (1879)
(1879)
That it shall be unlawful for any person to carry on or about his person any pistol, bowie knife, dirk, or other deadly or dangerous weapon, anywhere within the limits of the city of Salina, save and except as hereinafter provided.
Guy L. Hursch, Revised Ordinances and Rules of the City Council, of the City of Holton 1905, at 130, 134-35, § 19 (1905) (effective Aug. 8, 1888)
(1888)
No. 169, § 19: Any person who shall, within this city, discharge any fire arms in any public place or in any street, alley or avenue, or any person who shall discharge any rockets, powder, fireworks or other dangerous combustible material in the streets, lots, grounds, alleys, or about or in the vicinity of any building shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined in any sum not exceeding one hundred dollars.§Provided, however, that the provisions of this section shall not extend to persons making a display of fireworks by permission of the mayor and council of this city and under the direct supervision of a committee appointed by the same.
Guy L. Hursch, Revised Ordinances and Rules of the City Council, of the City of Holton 1905, at 130, 134-35, § 18 (1905) (effective Aug. 8, 1888)
(1888)
No. 169, § 18: It shall be unlawful for any person within this city to carry upon his person a pistol, dirk. bowie knife, or other deadly weapon concealed or otherwise, and any person so doing shall, upon conviction, be fined in any sum not exceeding one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment not to exceed three months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.§Provided, however, that this shall not apply to an officer in the discharge of his official duty, nor to a person carrying an unloaded shot-gun or rifle; and§provided§further, that the mayor of this city may, for a good cause shown by any person engaged in any legitimate business, when he deems it necessary for the safety of such person, or his business, give to such person a written permit attested by his signature, and the seal of the city, to carry deadly weapons for his or her defense.
Ordinance no. 66, §§ 1-3, in DODGE CITY TIMES, Aug. 17, 1882, at 5
(1876)
That any person who shall in the city of Dodge City, carry concealed or otherwise about his or her person, any pistol, bowie knife, slung shot, or other dangerous or deadly weapon, except County, City, or United States officers, shall be fined in a sum not less than five nor more than one hundred dollars.
Ordinance No. 13: An Ordinance in Relation to Offenses Against Public Safety, in CORNING INDEPENDENT, May 16, 1890, at 3.
(1890)
§ 3: Any person while exercising the right of carrying arms, and any other person, who shall wrongfully draw or threaten to use any arms to do any other act calculated to cause apprehension or alarm among the citizens of said city, shall, upon conviction thereof before the Police Judge, be fined in any sum not less than one dollar nor more than one hundred dollars.
Ordinance no. 1, § 1-8, THE MINING ECHO, Jul. 7, 1877, at 1
(1870)
§Any person who shall discharge any gun, pistol, or other firearms, within the limits of this city, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, be fined in a sum not less than $5.00 nor more than $20.
An Ordinance Defining Offenses and Providing Punishments for the Same, in DELPHOS CARRIER, Aug. 1, 1884, at 2
(1884)
§ 19: Any person who shall within the city of Delphos, carry about his or her persons any concealed pistol, dirk, bowie knife, revolver, slung shot, billy, false knuckles or any other deadly weapons, shall be fined in any sum not exceeding fifty dollars. Provided that upon application to the mayor by any person he may grant a permit to carry a pistol...
Guy L. Hursch, Revised Ordinances and Rules of the City Council, of the City of Holton 1905, at 130, 134-35, § 20 (1905) (effective Aug. 8, 1888)
(1888)
No. 169, § 20: Any person who shall sell, trade, give, loan or otherwise furnish any pistol, revolver, or toy pistol, by which cartridges or caps may be exploded, or any dirk, bowie knife, brass knuckles, slung shot or any other dangerous weapon to any minor or to any person of notoriously unsound mind, shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than five or more than one hundred dollars.
Ordinance No. 12: An Ordinance to Suppress Criminal and Improper Practices in the City of Beloit, in BELOIT WEEKLY DEMOCRAT, May 16, 1879, at 4, § 31
(1879)
§ 31: That any person who shall within said city, carry concealed on or about his or her person, a revolver, pistol, bowie-knife, dirk, slung-shot, brass, lead or iron knuckles, or any other dangerous weapon, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
1933 Kan. Sess. Laws 76 (Spec. Sess.)
(1933)
Ch. 62, §§ 1-3: Prohibited possession of a machine rifle, machine gun, or submachine gun.
Ordinance No. 6, THE WYANDOTT HERALD, Aug. 24, 1882, at 2.
(1882)
§ 9: Any person in this city who shall draw any pistol or other weapon in a hostile manner, or shall make any demonstration or threat of using such weapon on or against any person, or any person who shall carry on his or her person in a concealed manner, any pistol, dirk, bowie-knife, revolver, slung-shot, billy, brass, lead or iron knuckles, or any deadly weapon within the city, shall be, on conviction, fined not less than five nor more than one hundred dollars; provided that this Ordinance shall not be so construed as to prohibit officers of the law, while on duty, from being armed, nor any citizen having a permit from the Mayor...
An Ordinance Relating to the Carrying of Fire Arms and Other Deadly Weapons, in The Abilene Chronicle, May 12, 1870, at 1, § 1-4
(1870)
§ 1: Prohibited the carry of any pistol, revolver, gun, musket, dirk, Bowie-knife, or other dangerous weapon. Violators fined in a sum not less than ten dollars nor more than fifty dollars. The arms in question shall be seized by the police captain.
Ordinance No. 201, in COFFEYVILLE WEEKLY JOURNAL, Feb. 7, 1890, at 2
(1890)
Any person, other than a peace officer, of the city, or a peace officer of the State of Kansas, or some County, City or Township in the State, who shall be found within the corporate limits of the City of Coffeyville, at any time, having upon his or her person, concealed or otherwise, without first having obtained permission from the Mayor, a revolver, pistol, dirk-knife, bowie-knife, sling shot, metallic knuckles, or any other dangerous or deadly weapon, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than one nor more than fifty dollars, or to be imprisoned in the City Jail not less than one day nor more than ten days, or to both fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the Police Judge.
An Ordinance Regarding the Carrying of Concealed Weapons and Sale of Deadly Weapons, in The Concordia Weekly Daylight, May 22, 1888, at 7
(1888)
§§ 1: On and after the passage of this ordinance it shall be unlawful for any person within the city of Concordia to carry upon his or her person any concealed pistol, bowie knife, dirk, sling shot, billy, knuckles, or any other deadly weapon, unless he has a permit to do so.
Ordinance No. 12: An Ordinance to Suppress Criminal and Improper Practices in the City of Beloit, in BELOIT WEEKLY DEMOCRAT, May 16, 1879, at 4, § 57
(1879)
§ 57: That any person who shall within the city of Beloit, shoot off, fire or discharge any cannon, gun fowling piece, revolver or pistol of any kind, or firearms of any description, or fire explode or set off any squib, fire cracker or other thing containing powder, or other combustible or explosive material, without permission from the Mayor, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor..."
1883 Kan. Sess. Laws 159
(1883)
Ch. 105, §§ 1-2: Prohibited the selling, trading, giving, or loaning of a pistol, revolver, or toy pistol, dirk, Bowie knife, brass knuckles, slungshot, or other dangerous weapons to any minor, or to any person of notoriously unsound mind. Also prohibited the possession of such weapons by any minor. Punishable by fine of $5-100. Also prohibited a minor from possessing a pistol, revolver, toy pistol by which cartridges may be exploded, dirk, Bowie knife, brass knuckles, slungshot, or other dangerous weapon. Punishable by fine of $1-10.
1881 Kan. Sess. Laws 79, 92
(1881)
§§1, 23: Mandated that the Council shall prohibit and punish the carrying of firearms, other dangerous and deadly weapons.
1915 Kan. Sess. Laws 347
(1915)
An Act providing for Public Safety by Regulating the Storage Handling and Disposition of Dynamite, Giant Powder, Nitro-glycerine, Gun Cotton and Other Detonating Explosives, Providing Penalties for Violation of this Act and Repealing all Acts in Conflict Herewith, § 1: Any person, firm or corporation, in this state, who shall sell, give away or otherwise dispose of, any dynamite, giant powder, nitro-glycerine, gun cotton or other detonating explosive, shall keep a record, in a substantially bound book, which record shall set forth the kind and amount of explosives delivered, the time of delivery, the uses and purposes for which same are delivered and the place at which it is to be used
Ordinance No. 76: An Ordinance Prohibiting Deadly Weapons, July 1, 1887, reprinted in Stockton Review and Rooks County Record 1, July 1, 1887
(1887)
Prohibited carry of any deadly or dangerous weapons. Also prohibited carry into any church, place of public worship, school, educational center, electional location, court, or public assemblage. Includes having on or about his person any kind of fire arms, bowie knife, dirk, dagger, sling shot, or other deadly weapon. Includes prohibition of brandishing in a rude, angry, or threatening manner. Punished by a fine of ten to fifty dollars.
1921 Kan. Sess. Laws 293-94
(1921)
§ 4. . . . No person shall use ferrets or employ any smoke gun or other device for forcing smoke or any asphyxiating or deadly gas or liquid into the holes, dens, runways or houses of any fur bearing animals . . . . § 6. . . . [N]o bird be pursued with or shot or killed from a motor boat, or an aeroplane, or with a gun larger than ten gauge
1903 Kan. Sess. Laws 548
(1903)
Relating to the Organization, Government, etc., of the State Militia, Ch. 359, § 3: No armed military force from another state or territory shall be permitted to enter the state without his permission, unless such military force is a part of the United States army or is acting under the authority of the United States. No independent military organization, except it is [sic] a corps of cadets at an educational institution, shall be permitted to bear arms without first securing permission from the commander-in-chief.
1911 Kan. Sess. Laws 249-50
(1911)
An Act Defining the Crime of Burglary With Explosives, and Providing the Punishment Therefor, §§ 1 and 2: That any person who (with intent to commit crime) breaks and enters, either by day or by night, any building, whether inhabited or not, and opens or attempts to open any vault, safe or other place by use of nitro-glycerine, dynamite, gunpowder or any other explosive, shall be deemed guilty of burglary with explosives
1901 Kan. Gen. Stat. 1003, 1141
(1901)
Ch. 19, Art. 3, §§ 748: The council may prohibit and punish the carrying of fire arms or other deadly weapons, concealed or otherwise, and may arrest and imprison, fine or set at work all vagrants and persons found in said city without visible means of support, or some legitimate business

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