Ordinance No. 6, THE WYANDOTT HERALD, Aug. 24, 1882, at 2.
| dc.coverage.spatial | Kansas - Argentine | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-10-24T00:17:25Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-11-12T01:43:01Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-03-17T01:45:51Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1882 | |
| dc.description.abstract | § 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... | |
| dc.description.lawtext | Sec. 7. Any person who in this city shall discharge any firearms in any public place, or in the direction of any house or public place in this city, except gunsmiths in the prosecution of their trade, and except as otherwise expressly provided, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, be fined any sum not exceeding twenty dollars. Sec. 8. Any person in this city who shall throw stones, bricks, peaces of wood or other hard substances, in or across any street or alley or within any public place, or at or against any public building or vehicle, or toward any person, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, shall be fined in any sum not exceeding one hundred dollars, according to the nature of the offense. Sec. 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, or any citizen having a permit from the Mayor. | |
| dc.description.summary | These ordinances prohibit firing guns in public areas, throwing dangerous objects in streets or at people or property, and threatening others with weapons or carrying concealed deadly weapons within the city, while exempting law enforcement officers and citizens holding permits from the mayor. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.firearmsresearchcenter.org/id/frc0001/3920 | |
| dc.subject | BRANDISHING | |
| dc.subject | DISCHARGE | |
| dc.title | Ordinance No. 6, THE WYANDOTT HERALD, Aug. 24, 1882, at 2. |