Sam Kimble, Revised Ordinances of the City of Manhattan and Rules of the Council 49-50 (1887)
| dc.coverage.spatial | Kansas - Manhattan | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-10-24T00:17:27Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-11-12T01:43:03Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-03-17T01:45:50Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1887 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Section 12 prohibited carrying concealed weapons such as pistols, Bowie knives, dirks, or other deadly weapons. It also prohibited discharging firearms, fireworks, rockets, or other dangerous combustible materials in public areas, with limited exceptions for killing nuisance animals on one's own property or birds for scientific purposes. Violations were misdemeanors punishable by a $3–$10 fine. Section 13 prohibited giving, selling, lending, or otherwise providing pistols, revolvers, cartridge/cap-firing toy pistols, certain knives, slingshots, or other dangerous weapons to minors or persons described by the ordinance as being of “notoriously unsound mind.” Violations were misdemeanors carrying a $5–$100 fine. Section 14 made it a misdemeanor for a minor to possess pistols, cartridge-firing toy pistols, Bowie knives, dirks, brass knuckles, slung shots, rubber slingshots, or other dangerous weapons. The penalty was a $1–$10 fine. | |
| dc.description.exceptions | Killing of pests and birds for scientific purposes | |
| dc.description.lawtext | SEC. 12. CONCEALED WEAPONS AND DISCHARGE OF FIREARMS. Any person who shall within the city carry concealed on his person a pistol, bowie knife, dirk or other deadly weapon, or who shall discharge any firearm, rocket, powder, fireworks or other dangerously combustible material in any street, lot, ground, alley, except for the killing of obnoxious animals on one's own premises, and the killing of birds for scientific purposes, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction fined not less than three nor more than ten dollars. SEC. 13. TOY PISTOLS. Any person who shall give, trade, loan or otherwise furnish any pistol, revolver or toy pistol by which cartridges or caps may be exploded, or any dirk, bowie knife, sling shot or toy known as "rubber sling shot " or other dangerous weapons, to any minor or to any person of notoriously unsound mind, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall upon conviction before the Police Judge be fined not less than five nor more than one hundred dollars. SEC. 14. Having Possession of the Same. Any minor who shall have in his possession any pistol, revolver, or toy pistol by which cartridges may be exploded or any dirk, bowie knife, brass knuckles, slung shot or toy known as "rubber sling shot" or other dangerous weapons shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not less than one nor more than ten dollars. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.firearmsresearchcenter.org/id/frc0001/3906 | |
| dc.relation.isreferencedby | https://perma.cc/9SK6-PSAY | |
| dc.subject | CARRY - CONCEALED | |
| dc.subject | DISCHARGE | |
| dc.subject | TRANSFER | |
| dc.subject | POSSESSION::POSSESSION - MINORS | |
| dc.subject | TRANSFER::TRANSFER - MINORS | |
| dc.subject | TRANSFER::TRANSFER, MANUFACTURE & POSSESSION - TOYS AND EXPLOSIVES | |
| dc.title | Sam Kimble, Revised Ordinances of the City of Manhattan and Rules of the Council 49-50 (1887) |