1931 N.D. Laws 305-06
| dc.coverage.spatial | North Dakota | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-10-24T13:41:39Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-11-12T15:38:46Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-03-17T03:48:57Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1931 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Ch. 178, §§ 1-2: Prohibited selling, giving, loaning, furnishing, or delivering a machine gun, submachine gun, automatic rifle, or bomb (without a license). Punishable by imprisonment up to 10 years and/or fine up to $3,000. | |
| dc.description.lawtext | § 1. The term "machine gun, sub-machine gun or automatic rifle" as used in this act shall be construed to mean a weapon, mechanism or instrument not requiring that the trigger be pressed for each shot and having a reservoir, belt or other means of storing and carrying ammunition which can be loaded into the said weapon, mechanism or instrument and fired therefrom at a rate of five or more shots to the second. § 2. Any person who shall sell, give, loan, furnish or deliver any machine gun, sub-machine gun, automatic rifle of a caliber larger than twenty-two, or bomb loaded with explosives or poisonous or dangerous gases to another person, or any person who shall purchase, have or possess any machine gun, sub-machine gun, automatic rifle, of a caliber larger than twenty-two, or bomb loaded with explosives or poisonous or dangerous gases, shall be guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state penitentiary not to exceed ten years, or by a fine of not more than three thousand dollars, or both. Provided, that the provisions of this act shall not apply to any person who has procured and possesses a license to purchase, sell, have or possess a machine gun, sub-machine gun, automatic rifle, of a caliber larger than twenty-two, or bomb loaded with explosives or poisonous or dangerous gases, as hereinafter provided for, to the authorized agents and servants of such licensee or to the officers and members of any duly authorized military organization, nor to the officers and members of the police force of any municipality, nor to any Sheriff, deputy sheriff, nor any other officer having police powers under the laws of the State. § 3. Any person who desires to purchase, sell, have or possess a machine gun, sub-machine gun, automatic rifle, of a caliber larger than twenty-two, or bomb loaded with explosives or poisonous or dangerous gases, may apply to a Judge of the District Court of the county in which the applicant is a resident for a license to purchase, sell, have or possess a machine gun, sub-machine gun, automatic rifle, of a caliber larger than twenty-two, or bomb loaded with explosives or poisonous or dangerous gases. Such application shall be in writing and shall state in detail the reasons why such person desires such license. Upon such application being presented to the judge, he shall refer the same to the Sheriff of the county of the applicant's residence or to the chief police officer of the municipality in which said applicant resides for his investigation and approval, and if said application is approved by the Sheriff or by said police officer, said judge may in his discretion issue a license under his hand and the seal of his court to the applicant to purchase, sell, have and possess a machine gun, sub-machine gun, automatic rifle, of a caliber larger than twenty-two, or bomb loaded with explosives or poisonous or dangerous gases for his own protection and for the protection of his servants and employe. Both the application and the license shall contain a description of the gun or rifle licensed which shall include the name of the manufacturer, the number and caliber, or, if the license is for a bomb, an accurate description thereof together with any identifying marks thereon. § 4. The license shall be issued in duplicate and the duplicate copy thereof shall be forthwith by the judge sent to the State Superintendent of Criminal Identification at Bismarck, North Dakota, who shall file and preserve the same as a permanent record in his office. | |
| dc.description.summary | Prohibited selling, giving, loaning, furnishing, or delivering a machine gun, submachine gun, automatic rifle, or bomb (without a license). Punishable by imprisonment up to 10 years and/or fine up to $3,000. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.firearmsresearchcenter.org/id/frc0001/4928 | |
| dc.relation.isreferencedbyHathi | https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3683944&seq=325 | |
| dc.subject | MACHINE GUN RESTRICTION | |
| dc.title | 1931 N.D. Laws 305-06 |