The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-06-19
NEW STATE GUN LAW.
Provisions of Act Prohibiting Sale
or Leaning of Any Gun
without Permit.
II r No. 1CS.

AN ACT to prohibit the sale, keep
ing for sale, loaning, giving away
or carrying of certain dangerous
weapons, to prevent the carrying
CT concealed weapons except in
specified cases when a permit is
issued therefor; to provide pun
ishment for the violation Ct the
provisions hereof.
BE is enar.cd by the GGnrral Assem-
bly, of the State of Iowa
Section |. 1t shall be unlawful
for any person, except as hereinafter
provided to go armed with and have
concealed upon his person a dirk,
dagger, sword, pistol, revolver, sti-
letto, metallic knuckles. pocket billy
sand bag, skull cracker, slung shot,
or other offensive and dangerous
weapons or instrum ents concealed
upon his person; provided that no
person under fourteen years of age
Shall be allowed to carry firearms
Of any description.
Section .. 1t shall be unlawful to
sell, to keep for sale or offer for
sale, loan or give away, dirk, dagger,
stiletto metallic knuckles, sand bag
or skull cracker The provisions Of
selling or keeping for sale of hunt
ing and fishing knives.
Section 3. The chief of police in
cities of the first and second class
special charter cities and cities I'M
der commission form, or where there
is no organized police force, in coun-
ties, towns and villages the sheriff
or mayor shall issue a permit to
carry concealed a revolver, pistol, or
pocket billy, provided that in the
judgment of said officials such per-
nit should be granted.
Section 4. 1t shall be the duty Of
said officials to issue permit to go
armed with a revolver, pistol or
pocket billy to all peace officers and
such other persons, who, in the judg-
ment Of said officials, should be per-
mitted to go so armed Mining COM
panies, banks, trust companies, rail-
road and express companies may OBJ
tain general permit good for any
of their employees, only while on
duty, actually engaged in guarding
any property or the transportation
of moneys or other valuables.
Permits issued to peace officers or
to employees of railroads or express
companies shall permit such persons
to go armed anywhere within the
state while in the discharge of their
duties.
Section 5. The chief of police.
Sheriff or mayor shall have authority
tC issue permits to sell and shall
keep correct list of all persons to
whom permits to sell are issued, to-
gether with the number of such per-
NIT and the date each is revoked,
and furnish the county recorder a
copy of all such permits issued and
1evocations made
Section 6. Whenever any permit
is issued under this act to any per-
son to carry any of the weapons
mentioned herein, by virtue of said
person being peace officer, the right
CT said person to carry any of said
weapons shall cease when said per-
son ceases to be such official. Said
official shall have the power to, at
any time at his discretion, revoke
any permit under and by virtue of
This act.
The county recorder shall keep
complete record, in a book provided
for the purpose of all permits is
sued and revocations made, and sales
OF pistols, revolvers and pocket bill
lies. Such record shall not be open
to inspection to any, except the
sheriff, mayor, or chief of police of
the county or municipality.
Section 7. No permit shall be
granted to any person to go armed
as heretofore stated, with a revolver,
pistol or pocket billy, unless the APP
plicant shall make personal applica-
ton before the officials heretofore
mentioned, and the applicant must
state: first, the full name, residence
and age of the applicant; second, the
place of business, place of employ
ment, or vocation of the appplcant;
third, the nature of the applicants
business.
Section 8. 1t shall be the duty of
any person with revolver, pistol or
pocket billy concealed upon his per-
son, to produce at all times and up
on the request of any peace officer or
any person in authority, the permit
provided for in this act. And failure
to so produce such permit upon re-
quest shall be deemed prima facie
evidence of the violation of the
terms of this act
Section 9. 1t shall be unlawful
for any person, firm or association
or corporation to engage in the bust
ness of selling, keeping for sale, ex-
change or give away to any person
within the state, any revolver, pistol
or pocket billy or other weapon of
like character which can be conceal
ed on the person, without first secur-
ing permit from the proper officials
having authority to issue such per-
nit.
Section 10. Every person selling
revolvers, pistols, pocket billies and