Ordinance no. 26, §§ 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 42, 45, & 46, GRANTS PASS, REVISED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY (Rogue River Courier Print 1894) (Approved 1889).

Ordinance no. 26, §§ 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 42, 45, & 46, GRANTS PASS, REVISED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY (Rogue River Courier Print 1894) (Approved 1889).

Abstract

Regulated the brandishing, possession, discharge, and concealed carry of firearms.

Summary

Grants Pass prohibited firing firearms, explosives, fireworks, carrying concealed or dangerous weapons, and using devices such as slingshots or bean shooters in public places, with limited exceptions for necessity and legal holidays or public parades. Violations were punishable by a $2–$100 fine or 1–30 days in jail, plus prosecution costs and, if the fine was unpaid, additional jail time with street labor.

Law Text

SECTION 3. That any person or persons who shall fire any pistol, rifle, gun or any other kind of fire arms within the City of Grants Pass shall be guilty of an offense, provided that circumstances of necessity may be pleaded as a defense thereto. SECTION 4. That any person or persons who shall fire off, or explode any firecrackers, bomb, torpedoes, or any other explosives, or fireworks within the City of Grants Pass shall be deemed guilty of an offense, provided, that this section shall not be in force upon legal holidays, or days of public parade. SECTION 5. That any person or persons who shall commit any assault or assault and battery within the City of Grants Pass shall be guilty of an offense. SECTION 6. That any person who shall draw any species of firearms, dirk, dagger, or knife, or other deadly or dangerous weapon on the person of another shall be guilty of an offense. SECTION 7. That any person who shall carry firearms or deadly weapons of any kind in a concealed manner shall be guilty of an offense. SECTION 8. That any person who shall make use of, or have in his possession, any slingshot, or other instrument or device by means of which missiles of any description are hurled or projected, or shall wear or carry any slingshot, or knuckles, or instrument of a similar character shall be guilty of an offense. [...] SECTION 42. That any person who shall use or cause to be used any bean shooter, or other contrivance or invention used in shooting or throwing beans, pebbles, stones, or other substances or thing in or upon any street, land, park, alley, or public place within the City of Grants Pass, shall be deemed guilty of an offense. [...] SECTION 45. Any person violating any of the provisions of this Ordinance, or doing any act herein declared to be an offense, shall, upon conviction thereof in the police court, be punished by a fine of not less than $2 nor more than $100; or by imprisonment in the City jail not less than one nor more than 30 days; and in all cases of conviction for any of the offenses mentioned in this Ordinance, the court shall adjudge the defender to pay the costs of prosecution, and in default of the payment of the fine, the offender shall be imprisoned in the city jail and work upon the streets of the City of Grants Pass, one day for every $2 of such fine, but not to exceed 30 days.