1877 Mo. Laws 240
| dc.coverage.spatial | Missouri | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-10-24T02:28:19Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-11-12T14:35:01Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-03-17T02:46:51Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1877 | |
| dc.description.abstract | An Act to preserve the public peace by preventing the display of knives and other deadly weapons in the presence of one or more persons, § 1: Prohibited the brandishing, in a rude angry, or threatening manner, any firearms, Bowie-knife, dirk, dagger, slung-shot, or other deadly weapon. Violators guilty of a misdemeanor, fined not less than ten but no more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned not exceeding six months, or both. | |
| dc.description.lawtext | SECTION 1. Whoever shall, in the presence of one or more persons, exhibit any kind of firearms, bowie knife, dirk, dagger, slung shot or other deadly weapon, in a rude, angry or threatening manner, not in the necessary defence of his person, family or property, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail. | |
| dc.description.summary | Prohibited brandishing any firearm, bowie knife, dirk, dagger, slungshot, or other deadly weapons in a rude or threatening manner not necessary for self-defence. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.firearmsresearchcenter.org/id/frc0001/4457 | |
| dc.relation.isreferencedbyGoogle | https://www.google.com/books/edition/Laws_of_Missouri/3f5FAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA240&printsec=frontcover | |
| dc.subject | BRANDISHING | |
| dc.title | 1877 Mo. Laws 240 |