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Kansas

This jurisdictional hub aggregates FRC holdings related to Kansas. It supports research on the state’s firearms history, technology, law, policy, and culture from the territorial period (Bleeding Kansas) through statehood to the present.

  • Legal sources: statutes and session laws, administrative regulations, attorney general opinions, appellate decisions, and select municipal ordinances.
  • Historical materials: newspapers, photographs, maps, catalogs, frontier militia and fort records (e.g., supply and ordnance), railroad and cattle-trail archives, and oral histories tied to Kansas people and places.
  • Research outputs: technical reports, academic studies, training manuals, and curated datasets relevant to the state.

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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.