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    Wis. Rev. Stat. 1964, § 53 (1872)
    (1872)
    Any person or persons in this State who shall hereafter set any gun, pistol or revolver, or any other firearms, for the purpose of killing deer or any other game, or for any other purpose, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined in a sum not exceeding fifty dollars, and shall be imprisoned in the county jail of the proper county for a term of not less than twenty days.
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    1909 Wash. Sess. Laws 973
    (1909)
    An Act Relating to Crimes and Punishments and the Rights and Custody of Persons Accused or Convicted of Crime, and Repealing Certain Acts, ch. 249, ch. 7, §266, pts. 1-3: Prohibited the setting of any trap, spring pistol, rifle, or other deadly weapon. Punishable by imprisonment for up to 1 year or a fine of up to $1,000. Further punishable by imprisonment for up to 20 years for non-fatal or fatal injuries resulting from the trap.
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    1912 Vt. Acts & Resolves 261
    (1912)
    No. 201, Pt. 2, § 16(b): Prohibited the setting of any spring gun for the purpose of taking animals. Punishable by a fine of $50-500 and liability for twice the amount of damage resulting from the trap.
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    1884 Vt. Acts & Resolves 74
    (1884)
    An Act Relating To Traps, § 1: Prohibited the setting of any spring gun trap. Punishable by a fine of $50-500 and liability for twice the amount of any damage resulting from the trap.
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    1866 Utah Terr. Acts 59
    (1865)
    Prohibited the "set[ting] of any gun." Punishable by imprisonment of up to 1 year or a fine of up to $500.
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    1901 Utah Laws 97–98
    (1901)
    Prohibited the construction and possession of any "infernal machine," defined as a device with a loaded firearm that is capable of igniting when moved, handled, or opened.
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    1909 S.D. Sess. Laws 374
    (1909)
    Ch. 240, §§ 21-22: Prohibited the setting or possession of any "set gun."
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    1931 S.C. Acts 78
    (1931)
    No. 58, § 1: Prohibited the setting of any loaded trap gun or spring gun. Punishable by a fine of $100-500 or imprisonment of 30 days to 1 year.
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    1925 Or. Gen. and Special Laws 42, ch. 31, §§ 1-2
    (1925)
    Prohibited the setting of any loaded spring gun. Punishable by a fine of $100-500 or imprisonment for 30 days to 6 months. Exception for setting of trap gun to destroy burrowing rodents.
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    1895 N.D. Rev. Codes 1259, Penal Code, ch. 18, § 7094
    (1895)
    Setting Spring Gun, Trap or Device. Every person who sets any spring or other gun or trap or device operating by the firing or exploding of gunpowder or any other explosive, and leaves or permits the same to be left, except in the immediate presence of some competent person, shall be deemed to have committed a misdemeanor; and the killing of any person by the firing of a gun or other device so set shall be deemed to be manslaughter in the first degree.
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    1891 N.D. Laws 193-94
    (1891)
    Ch. 70, § 1: Prohibited the setting of any gun or gun trap to be discharged at certain animals.
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    "The Man Trap," The Buffalo Commercial, Nov. 1, 1870
    (1870)
    Referenced prohibition on the use of "infernal machines."
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    1915 N.H. Laws 180-81
    (1915)
    An Act to Revise and Amend the Fish and Game Laws, ch. 133, pt. 2, § 18: Prohibited the setting of a spring gun. Punished by a fine of $50-500.
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    "Shot by a Trap Gun," The South Bend Tribune, Feb. 11, 1891
    (1891)
    Fined farmer $50 for setting a trap gun that killed his wife.
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    Minn. Stat. ch. 54, tit. 3, §§ 64-65 (1873)
    (1873)
    Of Crimes and Their Punishment, Setting Spring Guns Unlawful, § 64-65: Prohibited the setting of any trap gun, spring gun, or putting a pistol, rifle, or other deadly weapon "in this state." . Punished by imprisonment for at least 6 months or a fine of up to $500 if no injury results; imprisonment for up to 5 years if non-fatal injury results; and imprisonment for 10-15 years if death results.
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    1869 Minn. Gen. Laws 50-51
    (1869)
    Ch. 39, §§ 1-3: Prohibited the setting of a trap gun or spring gun, pistol, or other deadly weapon. Violators punished not less than six months in jail or fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or both if there is no injury. If death results, imprisonment not less than ten but no more than fifteen years. If injury results, punishable by imprisonment not exceeding five years.
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    1931 Mich. Pub. Acts 671, § 236
    (1931)
    The Michigan Penal Code, ch. 37, § 236: Prohibited the setting of any spring or trap gun.
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    1875 Mich. Pub. Acts 136
    (1875)
    No. 97, § 1: Prohibited the setting of any spring or trap gun.
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    Records Of The Colony Of New Plymouth In New England 230 (Daniel Pulsifier ed., 1861)
    (1671)
    Laws of Plymouth Colony (1671). Whereas several persons have been greatly endangered by setting of guns, it is enacted by the Court and the authority thereof that none shall sett any guns except in enclosures and that the gun be sufficiently enclosed so as it be secure from hurting man or beast and that he that setteth the gun do give warning or notice thereof to all the neighbors on penalty of paying a fine of five pounds to the use of the Colony for every default.
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    1919 Me. Acts 235
    (1919)
    Swivel, pivot and set gun added to prohibited devices; penalty for violation increased to $100 and costs and imprisonment for sixty days for possession, ch. 196, § 25: No person shall have in possession at any time when he is upon the wild lands, water or highways, or in the woods or fields of the state, or in any camp, lodge, or place of resort for hunters or fishermen, or in its immediate vicinity, any jacklight or light fitted for use in the hunting of game in the night time, or any swivel, pivot, or set gun...
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    1776 N.J. Laws 346
    (1771)
    Ch. 539, 10: Prohibited the setting of any trap gun intended to discharge by any string, rope, or other contrivance. Punishable by forfeiture of the firearm and fine of 6 pounds.

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