Ordinance to Regulate the Carrying of Pistols, reprinted in BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Oct. 26, 1880, at 1
| dc.coverage.spatial | New York - New York City | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-10-24T13:33:39Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-11-12T15:22:38Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-03-17T03:32:47Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1880 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Prohibited concealed carry of any pistol without a license. Licenses only issued to individuals twenty-one and over in age. | |
| dc.description.lawtext | Section 1. Every person, except those authorized by law to make arrests, and persons to whom permits shall have been issued, as hereinafter provided, who shall have in his possession, within the City of Brooklyn a pistol of any description, concealed on his person, shall be punished, on conviction, by a fine not exceeding ten dollars, or, in default of payment of such fine, by imprisonment not exceeding ten days. Sec. 2. Any person twenty one years of age and over, except as provided in Section 1 of this ordinance, who has occasion to carry a pistol for his protection, may apply to the officer in command of the station house of the precinct where he resides, and such officer, if satisfied that the applicant is a proper and law abiding person, shall give said person a recommendation to the Superintendent of Police, or, in the absence of the Superintendent, to the inspector in command at the central office, who may issue a permit, if approved by the Commissioner of Police and Excise, to the said person, allowing him to carry a pistol of any description. Sec. 3. Any non-resident, who does business in the City of Brooklyn, and has occasion to carry a pistol while in said city, must make application for permission to do so to the officer in command of the station house of the precinct in which he does business, in the same manner as is required by residents of said city, and shall be subject to the same conditions and restrictions. Sec. 4. The Commissioner of Police and Excise is hereby authorized and empowered, for reasons appearing to be satisfactory to him, to annul or revoke any permit given under this ordinance. All persons to whom such permission shall be given are hereby declared to be individually responsible for their own acts or the consequences that may arise from the use of pistols carried under the permission to be obtained, as provided in this ordinance. Sec. 5. If, at the time of the arrest of any person, a pistol of any description shall be found concealed on the person so arrested, without the necessary permit to carry the same, the officer making the arrest shall state such fact to the police magistrate before whom the prisoner is brought, and shall make a separate complaint (in addition to the complaint under which the arrest is made) against such prisoner for violation of this ordinance. | |
| dc.description.summary | Carrying a concealed pistol in the City of Brooklyn without a permit or legal arrest authority is punishable by a fine up to ten dollars or up to ten days in prison, with arresting officers required to file a separate charge if an illegal weapon is found. Residents 21 and older, as well as non-residents doing business in the city, can apply for a permit through their local precinct station house, subject to approval by the Commissioner of Police and Excise. The Commissioner holds full authority to revoke permits at any time, and permit holders remain individually liable for any consequences of carrying or using their firearm. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.firearmsresearchcenter.org/id/frc0001/4750 | |
| dc.relation.isreferencedby | https://bklyn.newspapers.com/article/the-brooklyn-daily-eagle-pistols-carryin/141945643/ | |
| dc.subject | CARRY - CONCEALED | |
| dc.title | Ordinance to Regulate the Carrying of Pistols, reprinted in BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Oct. 26, 1880, at 1 |