One expert declaration cites a bunch of 15th century London ordinances banning carry of arms, not relevant under the Bruen framework. Cited on John Carpenter, Liber Albus: The White Book of the City Of London 580 (1861), https://www.google.com/books/edition/Memorials_of_London_and_London_Life_in_t/grDRAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=229&pg=PA228&printsec=frontcover, last accessed Sep. 17, 2025 is an ordinance that banned discharge not carrying of a weapon unfamiliar to me. It prohibits “Item, that no one shall shoot with a Stonebow.” [1] A stonebow was a crossbow that fired pellets or stones with considerable force.[2]
I find the idea worrisomely effective and likely silent.
[1] Id., at 580, https://www.google.com/books/edition/Liber_Albus_The_White_Book_of_the_City_o/ar8_AAAAcAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22LIBER%20ALBUS%3A%20THE%20WHITE%20BOOK%20OF%20THE%20CITY%20OF%20LONDON%20%22&pg=PA580&printsec=frontcover,
last accessed Sep. 17, 2025.
[2] John Metschl, STONEBOW, Rudolph
J. Nunnemacher Collection of Projectile Arms 37 (1928), https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Rudolph_J_Nunnemacher_Collection_of/ESYNAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=stonebow&pg=PA37&printsec=frontcover,
last accessed September 17, 2025.
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