W.M. S. Thorington, The Code of Ordinances of the City Council of Montgomery 223, 225, 229 (1888)
Abstract
These ordinances restrict the use, possession, and transport of weapons and explosives: firing guns in public is banned except for self-defense or law enforcement, and discharging firearms or fireworks requires official permission; carrying concealed weapons is prohibited and punishable by fines or hard labor, though fear of attack may mitigate the offense; and transporting gunpowder must be done safely and out of public view.
Summary
These ordinances restrict the use, possession, and transport of weapons and explosives: firing guns in public is banned except for self-defense or law enforcement, and discharging firearms or fireworks requires official permission; carrying concealed weapons is prohibited and punishable by fines or hard labor, though fear of attack may mitigate the offense; and transporting gunpowder must be done safely and out of public view.
Law Text
§ 509. Any person who uses fire arms of any kind while fighting in the streets, or other public place, (except in self defense or in the execution of the law), must, on conviction, be fined not less than one nor more than one hundred dollars. [...] § 518. Any person who carried concealed about his person a bowie-knife or any other knife or instrument of like kind or description, or a pistol or fire-arms of any kind or description, or any air-gun, slung-shot, brass-knuckles, or any other deadly or dangerous weapon, must, on conviction, be fined not less than fifty, nor more than one hundred dollars; or may be sentenced to hard labor for the city for not more than one hundred days; Provided, that evidence that the defendant has good reason to apprehend an attack, may be admitted in mitigation of the punishment, or in justification of the offense. And it shall be the duty of the recorder and the chief of police to take this ordinance under special charge; and cause all persons guilty of its violation to be arrested and prosecuted, whether a prosecutor appears or not, whenever the same is brought to the attention of either. [...] § 547. Any person who fires or discharges, or causes to be fired or discharged, any pistol, gun, cannon, anvil, or anything of like kind or character, without the permission of the city council of Montgomery; or who lets off or discharges any rocket, fire-crackers, squib or other fire-works, without first having obtained permission of the mayor, who shall designate the place where such firing my be done, must, on conviction, be fined not less than one nor more than one hundred dollars. [...] § 549. Any person who carries or causes to be carried, any powder upon any vehicle, without having the sme so arranged as effectually to cover up the packages or kegs, and guard them from public view and from accident from fire, must, on conviction, be fined not less than one nor more than one hundred dollars.
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Categories
TRANSFER - MINORS, POSSESSION - MINORS