1883 Ariz. Sess. Laws 65-66
| dc.coverage.spatial | Arizona [Territory] | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-10-23T02:54:48Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-10-23T03:01:35Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-11-12T18:23:19Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-03-16T22:43:28Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1883 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Prohibited any person over the age of ten but under the age of seventeen from carrying any dirk, dirk-knife, Bowie-knife, slung-shot, brass knuckles, or pistol. Also prohibited drawing or exhibiting deadly weapons in a rude, angry, or threatening manner, unlawful use in a fight or quarrel, or careless handling that endangered another person, as well as the purposely or carelessly discharging of a firearm in any saloon, dance-house, or other public business. | |
| dc.description.lawtext | SECTION 1. Any person in this Territory having, carrying or procuring from another person, any dirk, bowie-knife, pistol, gun, or other deadly weapon, who shall in the presence of two or more persons draw or exhibit any of said deadly weapons in a rude, angry or threatening manner, not in necessary self-defense, or who shall unlawfully use the same in any fight or quarrel, or who shall handle the same in a careless manner, thereby endangering the life or person of another, shall, upon conviction thereof in any Court of competent jurisdiction, be fined in any sum not exceeding three hundred dollars, or shall be imprisoned in the County Jail not more than six months, or shall be punished by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the Court trying the cause. SEC. 2. Any person who shall purposely or carelessly discharge any gun, pistol, or other firearm in any saloon, dance-house, store, or other public house or business house in this Territory, thereby endangering the life or person of another, or thereby disturbing any of the inmates thereof, or who shall thereby injure, destroy or damage any property therein, or who shall discharge the same in any city, village or town of this Territory, except in necessary self-defense, shall, upon conviction thereof in any Court of competent jurisdiction, be fined in any sum not exceeding three hundred dollars, or be imprisoned in the County Jail for a period not exceeding six months, or shall be punished by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the Court trying the cause. SEC. 3. Any person in this Territory over the age of ten and under the age of seventeen years, having or carrying, concealed or unconcealed, any dirk, dirk-knife, bowie-knife, slung-shot, brass-knuckles, or pistol within any city, village or town in this Territory shall, upon conviction thereof in any Court of competent jurisdiction, be fined in any sum not more than fifty dollars, or be imprisoned in the County Jail not more than one month, or be punished by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the Court trying the case. SEC. 4. All Acts and parts of Acts in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. SEC. 5. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. | |
| dc.description.summary | Prohibited any person over the age of ten but under the age of seventeen from carrying any dirk, dirk-knife, Bowie-knife, slung-shot, brass knuckles, or pistol. Also prohibited drawing or exhibiting deadly weapons in a rude, angry, or threatening manner, unlawful use in a fight or quarrel, or careless handling that endangered another person, as well as the purposely or carelessly discharging of a firearm in any saloon, dance-house, or other public business. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.firearmsresearchcenter.org/id/frc0001/3051 | |
| dc.relation.isreferencedbyGoogle | https://www.google.com/books/edition/Laws_of_the_Territory_of_Arizona_Twelfth/sqQvAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA65&printsec=frontcover | |
| dc.subject | POSSESSION - MINORS | |
| dc.subject | DISCHARGE | |
| dc.subject | BRANDISHING | |
| dc.title | 1883 Ariz. Sess. Laws 65-66 |