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Helena, Mont., Ordinances no. 4, § 1 (1883)

dc.coverage.spatialMontana - Helena
dc.date.accessioned2025-10-24T02:41:41Z
dc.date.accessioned2025-11-12T14:41:18Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-03-17T02:51:06Z
dc.date.issued1883
dc.description.abstractConcealed Weapons: No person shall in this city wear under his clothes, or concealed on or about his person, any pistol or revolver, except by special permission from the mayor; nor shall any person wear under his clothes, or concealed on or about his person, any slung shot, cross knuckles, knuckles of lead, brass or other metal, or any bowie knife, razor, billy, dirk, dirk-knife or dagger, or any knife resembling a bowie knife, or any other dangerous or deadly weapon.
dc.description.lawtextSection 1. No person shall in this city wear under his clothes, or concealed on or about his person, any pistol or revolver, except by special permission from the mayor; nor shall any person wear under his clothes, or concealed on or about his person, any slung shot, cross knuckles, knuckles of lead, brass or other metal, or any bowie knife, razor, billy, dirk, dirk-knife or dagger, or any knife resembling a bowie knife, or any other dangerous or deadly weapon. Any person violating any provision or requirement of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof before the Police magistrate shall be fined not less than five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars. Provided, however, that this section shall not be so construed as to prevent any United States, territorial, county or city officer, or any member of the city government, from carrying such weapons as may be necessary in the proper discharge of his duties.
dc.description.summaryThe ordinance prohibited carrying concealed pistols, revolvers, and other dangerous weapons without special mayoral permission, with violations punishable as misdemeanors and fines ranging from $5 to $100. It exempted government and law enforcement officials carrying weapons necessary for their official duties.
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.firearmsresearchcenter.org/id/frc0001/4468
dc.subjectCARRY - CONCEALED
dc.titleHelena, Mont., Ordinances no. 4, § 1 (1883)

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