16 Del. Laws 716 (1879)
| dc.coverage.spatial | Delaware | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-10-23T04:28:16Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-11-11T14:37:15Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-03-17T00:00:54Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1881 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Ch. 548, § 1: Prohibited the carrying of concealed deadly weapons or selling deadly weapons other than an ordinary pocket knife to minors. Punishable by a fine of $25-200 or imprisonment for 10-30 days. | |
| dc.description.lawtext | SECTION 1. That if any person shall carry concealed a deadly weapon upon or about his person other than an ordinary pocket knife, or shall knowingly sell a deadly weapon to a minor other than an ordinary pocket knife, such person shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not less than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned in the county jail for not less than ten nor more than thirty days, or both at the discretion of the court: Provided, that the provisions of this section shall not apply to the carrying of the usual weapons by policemen and other peace officers. SECTION 2. That if any person shall, except in lawful self-defence discharge any fire-arm in any public road in this State, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by fine not exceeding fifty dollars or by imprisonment not exceeding one month, or both at the discretion of the court. SECTION 3. That it shall be unlawful for any person, either in jest or otherwise, intentionally to point a gun, pistol or other fire-arms at or towards any other person at any time or place. Any person violating any provision of this section shall, upon conviction thereof, pay a fine of not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred dollars and the cost of prosecution, and should death result to any person by the discharge of such gun, pistol or other fire-arm while so pointed, the person pointing the same shall be guilty of manslaughter when such killing shall not amount to murder, and shall be punished accordingly. | |
| dc.description.summary | Section 1 prohibits carrying concealed deadly weapons (except ordinary pocket knives) or selling deadly weapons to minors, with penalties ranging from a fine of $25 to $100 or jail time of 10 to 30 days. Police and peace officers are exempt. Section 2 makes discharging a firearm on public roads (except in self-defense) a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine up to $50 or up to one month in jail. Section 3 bans pointing firearms at others, with fines of $10 to $100, and if death results from such an act, the individual can be charged with manslaughter. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.firearmsresearchcenter.org/id/frc0001/3426 | |
| dc.relation.isreferencedbyGoogle | https://www.google.com/books/edition/At_a_General_Assembly_Begun_at_Dover_in/GIxCAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA716&printsec=frontcover | |
| dc.relation.isreferencedbyHathi | https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101042904290&seq=931 | |
| dc.subject | CARRY - CONCEALED | |
| dc.subject | TRANSFER - MINORS | |
| dc.subject | BRANDISHING | |
| dc.title | 16 Del. Laws 716 (1879) |