1897 Fla. Laws 59
| dc.coverage.spatial | Florida | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-10-23T23:45:43Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-11-11T14:51:52Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-03-17T00:25:13Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1897 | |
| dc.description.abstract | An Act to Punish the Improper Exhibition of Dangerous Weapons, chap. 4532, § 1: Prohibited brandishing any dirk, dirk-knife, sword, sword-cane, gun, pistol, or other deadly weapon in a rude, careless, angry, or threatening manner not in self defense. Violators shall be punished by imprisonment not exceeding three months, or by fine not exceeding one hundred dollar, or both. | |
| dc.description.lawtext | SECTION 1. If any person, having or carrying any dirk, dirk-knife, sword, sword-cane, gun, pistol, or other deadly weapon, shall in the presence of one or more persons exhibit the same, in a rude, careless, angry or threatening manner, not in necessary self-defence, the person so offending shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by imprisonment not exceeding three months, or by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect upon its approval by the Governor. | |
| dc.description.summary | This law makes it a misdemeanor to display a deadly weapon in a rude, careless, angry, or threatening way in front of others unless it is done in self-defense. Violators can be punished with up to three months in jail, a fine up to $100, or both, and the law takes effect once approved by the governor. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.firearmsresearchcenter.org/id/frc0001/3534 | |
| dc.relation.isreferencedbyGoogle | https://www.google.com/books/edition/Acts_and_Resolutions_Adopted_by_the_Legi/dv43AAAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA59&printsec=frontcover | |
| dc.subject | BRANDISHING | |
| dc.title | 1897 Fla. Laws 59 |