If any person, having or carrying any dirk, dirk-knife, sword, sword-cane, or any deadly weapon, or other weapon the carrying of which concealed is prohibited by Section 97-37-1, shall, in the presence of another person, brandish or wield the same in a threatening manner, not in necessary self-defense, or shall in any manner unlawfully use the same in any fight or quarrel, the person so offending, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in a sum not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or be imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding three (3) months, or both. In prosecutions under this section it shall not be necessary for the affidavit or indictment to aver, nor for the state to prove on the trial, that any gun, pistol, or other firearm was charged, loaded, or in condition to be discharged.
Structure Mississippi Code
Chapter 37 - Weapons and Explosives
§ 97-37-9. Deadly weapons; defenses against indictment for carrying deadly weapon
§ 97-37-13. Deadly weapons; weapons and cartridges not to be given to minor or intoxicated person
§ 97-37-15. Parent or guardian not to permit minor son to have or carry weapon; penalty
§ 97-37-19. Deadly weapons; exhibiting in threatening manner
§ 97-37-21. Explosives and weapons of mass destruction; false report of placing
§ 97-37-25. Explosives and weapons of mass destruction; unlawful use
§ 97-37-27. Fireworks; unlawful to explode in certain places
§ 97-37-29. Shooting into dwelling house
§ 97-37-31. Silencers on firearms; manufacture, sale, possession or use unlawful
§ 97-37-33. Toy pistols; sale of pistol or cartridges prohibited; cap pistols excepted