General Orders of the Board of Supervisors Providing Regulations for the Government of the City And County of San Francisco: Also, Ordinances of Park Commissioners 8 (1884)
| dc.coverage.spatial | California - San Francisco | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-10-23T03:24:57Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-11-11T14:04:17Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-03-16T23:13:36Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1880 | |
| dc.description.abstract | General Order no. 1,603-Relating to the Police Department, § 22-Prohibiting the Carrying of Concealed Deadly Weapons. Approved September 17, 1880: Prohibited the concealed carry of any pistol, dirk, or dangerous or deadly weapon. | |
| dc.description.exceptions | Public officers, travelers, permit holders by the police commissioners | |
| dc.description.lawtext | SECTION 22. It shall be unlawful for any person, not being a public officer or traveller, or not having a permit from the Police Commissioners of this city and county, to wear or carry concealed, in this city and county, any pistol, dirk or other dangerous or deadly weapon. Every person violating any of the provisions of this Order shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and punished accordingly. Such persons and no others shall be termed "travelers," within the meaning of this Order, as may be actually engaged in making a journey at the time. The Police Commissioners may grant written permission to any peaceable person, whose profession or occupation may require him to be out at late hours of the night, to carry concealed deadly weapons for his own protection. In Board of Supervisors, San Francisco, September 13, 1880. After having been published five successive days, according to law, taken up and passed by the following vote: Ayes—Supervisors Schottler, Mason, Litchfield, Whitney, Eastman, Fraser, Taylor, Doane, Bayle, Patterson. Absent—Supervisors Drake, Stetson. | |
| dc.description.summary | This San Francisco ordinance makes it a misdemeanor to carry concealed deadly weapons without a permit unless the person is a public officer or actively traveling, with "travelers" strictly defined as those currently on a journey. The Police Commissioners may issue permits to individuals whose work requires late-night activity for protection. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.firearmsresearchcenter.org/id/frc0001/3221 | |
| dc.subject | CARRY - CONCEALED | |
| dc.title | General Orders of the Board of Supervisors Providing Regulations for the Government of the City And County of San Francisco: Also, Ordinances of Park Commissioners 8 (1884) |