1853

1853 Or. Laws 220, Proceedings to Prevent Commission of Crimes, ch. 16, §17.

Oregon

If any person shall go armed with dirk, dagger, sword, pistol, or other offensive and dangerous weapon, without reasonable cause to fear an assault, injury, or other violence to his person, or to his family or property, he may, on complaint of any other person, having reasonable cause to fear an injury, or breach of the peace, be required to find sureties for keeping the peace for a term not exceeding six months, with the right of appealing as before provided.
Carrying Weapons

1853

1853 Or. Laws 257, An Act to Prohibit the Sale of Arms and Ammunition to Indians, § 1.

Oregon

[I]f any white citizen, or other person than an Indian, shall sell, barter, or give to any Indian in this territory any gun, rifle, pistol or other kind of firearms, any powder, lead, percussion caps or other ammunition whatever, any person so offending shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not more than six months, nor less than one month, and by fine not exceeding five hundred nor less than one hundred dollars.
Felons, Foreigners and Others Deemed Dangerous By the State

1862

1862 Or. Laws 9, An Act to Incorporate the City of Albany, § 6.

Oregon

[To] regulate the storage of gun powder and other combustible materials, and the use of candles, lamps and other lights in shops, stables and other places[.]
Storage

1864

Matthew Paul Deady, The Organic and Other General Laws of Oregon Together with the National Constitution and Other Public Acts and Statutes of the United States. 1845-1864 Page 531, Image 531 (1866) available at The Making of Modern Law: Primary Sources.

Oregon

Crimes – Against the Person, § 527. If any person shall assault, or assault and beat another with a cowhide, whip, stick or like thing, having at the time in his possession a pistol, dirk or other deadly weapon, with intent to intimidate and prevent such other from resisting or defending himself, such person upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary not less than one, nor more than ten years.
Sentence Enhancement for Use of Weapon

1868

Charter of the City of Portland, Street and Fire Department Laws, Ordinances, Regulations &C. Page 205-206, Image 206-207 (1872) available at The Making of Modern Law: Primary Sources.

Oregon

[Concerning Offences and Disorderly Conduct, § 2. That any person or persons who shall fire any pistol, gun or rifle, or any other species of fire-arms within the following limits: the Willamette river on the east and (10) Tenth Street on the west, Caruther’s Addition on the south nd F Street on Couch’s Addition on the north, shall on conviction thereof before the Recorder, be subject to a penalty of not less than five nor more than fifty dollars, or imprisonment, at the discretion of the Recorder, not exceeding twenty days. Provided that the Marshal shall permit upon the national …
Firing Weapons

1868

1868 Or. Laws 18-19, An Act to Protect the Owners of Firearms, §§ 1-2.

Oregon

Whereas, the constitution of the United States, in article second of amendments to the constitution, declares that “the right to the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed;” and the constitution for the state of Oregon, in article first, section twenty-seven, declares that “the people shall have the right to bear arms for the defense of themselves and the state;” therefore . . . § 1. Every white male citizen of this state above the age of sixteen years, shall be entitled to have, hold, and keep, for his own use and defense, the following firearms, to …
Possession by, Use of, and Sales to Minors and Others Deemed Irresponsible Post-Civil War State Constitutions

1872

1872 Or. Laws 26, An Act for the Protection of Game and Fish, § 6.

Oregon

It shall be unlawful for any person or persons, at any time, to place, or use, in any of the streams or rivers of this State, any drugs, charms, or powder, or to use any giant blasting or gun powder, or other explosive material, for the purpose of catching, killing or destroying fish; and any person violating the provision of this section, shall be fined twenty dollars for the first offence, double that sum for the second and treble that sum for the each succeeding offense, to which may be added imprisonment for any time not exceeding ninety days.
Hunting

1872

Charter of the City of Portland, Street and Fire Department Laws, Ordinances, Regulations &C. Page 225-227, Image 226-228 (1872) available at The Making of Modern Law: Primary Sources.

Oregon

Ordinances of the City of Portland, To Regulate the Storage and Sale of Gunpowder, and Other Explosive Materials, § 1. No person shall keep for sale any gunpowder in any building, store or place in the City of Portland, without having first obtained a license therefor. § 2. The license for selling gunpowder shall be five dollars per quarter, to be issued as other licenses are issued under the provisions of Ordinance 984, entitled “An Ordinance to impose and regulate licenses in the City of Portland.” § 3. No person shall receive, keep or store, or aid or assist any …
Storage

1876

Ordinances of the Town of Jacksonville, to Which Are Prefixed the Town Charter and Other Acts of the Legislature of Oregon Relating to Towns, Together with Amendments to the Charter and Ordinances Page 44-45, Image 45-46 (Jacksonville, 1876) available at The Making of Modern Law: Primary Sources.

Oregon

Ordinances of the Town of Jacksonville, For the Better Protection of the Cemetery, § 9. All persons are forbidden to shoot or fire off any gun within said cemetery enclosures, or put or turn loose any animal therein.
Sensitive Places and Times

1878

1878 Or. Laws 136, An Act to Incorporate the Town of Independence, in the County of Polk, and State of Oregon, § 4.

Oregon

[T]o regulate the storage of gunpowder and other combustible material, and the use of candles, lamps and other lights in shops, halls and other places[.]
Storage

1879

J.C. Moreland, Charter and Ordinances of the City of Portland and Table of Grades: Together with the Rules of Order, Reports of officers, etc. Page 207, Image 212 (1879) available at The Making of Modern Law: Primary Sources.

Oregon

Ordinances [of the City of Portland], Concerning Offenses and Disorderly Conduct, § 2. The City of Portland does ordain as follows… That any person or persons who shall fire any pistol, gun or rifle, or any other species of fire-arms, within the corporate limits of the city, shall, on conviction thereof before the Police Court, be fined not less than five dollars nor more than fifty dollars: Provided, That all circumstances of necessity may be plead as a defense to the offense described in this section; and, provided further, that the Chief of Police may permit upon the national holidays …
Firing Weapons

1885

1885 Or. Laws 33, An Act to Prevent Persons from Carrying Concealed Weapons and to Provide for the Punishment of the Same, §§ 1-2.

Oregon

§ 1. It shall be unlawful for any person to carry concealed about his person in any manner whatever any revolver, pistol, or other fire-arm, or any knife (other than an ordinary pocket knife), or any dirk or dagger, slung-shot or metal knuckles, or any instrument by the use of which injury could be inflicted upon the person or property of any other person. § 2. Any person violating any of the provisions of section one of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than …
Carrying Weapons

1885

1885 Or. Laws 263-64, An Act to Incorporate the City of Junction and Repeal An Act Entitled “An Act to Incorporate the City of Junction;” approved October 20, 1872, § 6.

Oregon

[The] Mayor and common council . . . shall have exclusive power within the corporate limits of said city . . . to regulate . . . the discharge of firearms or other preparation of gunpowder or combustibles of any kind[.]
Firing Weapons