However, any Scotsman caught drunk or with a weapon can still be shot on a Sunday, except with a bow and arrow. Similarly, in Chester, it is legal to shoot a Welsh person with a crossbow, as long as it is within the city walls and is done after midnight.
This was actually on the books until 2012, when a massive “clean-up” of archaic laws dating back to the 14th century was carried out.
This is part of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984, sections 33 and 34: Public Conveyances. An interesting discussion regarding this law (and a few others) can be found here.
13.25.050 Possession of airguns and similar devices. (a) No person shall have in his or her physical possession, nor shall discharge, an airgun, bow and arrow, or slingshot within the city. (b) The prohibitions of subsection (a) of this section do not apply to possession or discharging in authorized locations, or to transporting along a…
Sec. 14-58. Slingshots, similar devices. It shall be unlawful to shoot gravel, shot or marble, or any other thing out of a gravel shooter, blow gun or marble sling, or other device or implement of like character. (Code 1914, § 652)
Sec. 3-5-16. Slingshots. No person shall use for amusement or otherwise any Alabama slingshot or any slingshot or similar thing in the urban service district. (Ord. of 4-7-92, § 8)
Sec. 14-7. Annoying substances or devices; use, sale, possession. It shall be unlawful to sell, or keep on hand for sale, or offer for sale, or use, or possess in the city or its police district, any substances or articles commonly known as itch powder, sneeze powder, stink bombs or similar substances or articles. (Ord….