Collection of Historical Firearm Regulations

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This collection serves as a comprehensive repository for academic research, historical documentation, and case studies related to firearm regulations. It focuses on the evolution of firearm laws, their interpretations across different jurisdictions, and their historical impact on society. This collection offers valuable resources for scholars, legal experts, and researchers interested in the legal frameworks surrounding firearm regulation.

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    1657, Va. Acts 437, Act 13
    (General Publisher, 1657)
    If any planter or person shall hunt or shoot upon or within the limits or precincts of his neighbor or others’ dividends without leave first obtained for his so doing and having been warned by the owner of the land, to forbear hunting and shooting as aforesaid: He or they so offending shall forfeit for every such offense four hundred pounds of tobacco . . .
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    1657, Va. Acts 434, Act 3
    (General Publisher, 1657)
    That the Lord’s day be kept holy, and that no journeys be made except in case of emergent necessity on that day, that no goods be laden in boats nor shooting in guns . . . the party delinquent to pay one hundred pounds of tobacco or laid in the stocks . . .
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    1655 Va. Acts 401, Act 12
    (General Publisher, 1655)
    What persons or persons soever shall, after publication hereof, shoot any guns at drinking (marriages and funerals only excepted) that such person or persons so offending shall forfeit 100 lb. of tobacco to be levied by distress in case of refusal and to be disposed of by the militia in ammunition towards a magazine for the county where the offence shall be committed.
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    1651 Va. Acts 365, Articles At The Surrender Of The Country, art. 13
    (General Publisher, 1651)
    That all ammunition, powder and arms, other than for private use shall be delivered up, security being given to make satisfaction for it.
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    William Waller Hening, 1 The Statutes at Large; Being a Collection of All the Laws of Virginia 441 (1808)
    (General Publisher, 1657)
    Prohibited the giving or selling piece, powder, or shot to “any Indian,” subject to imprisonment and seizure of property.
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    N..Y. Col. MSS. VIII. 56.
    (General Publisher, 1656)
    Prohibited admission of "any Indians" in possession of a gun or other weapon into Fort Amsterdam or in the Flatland.
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    Laws and Ordinances of New Netherland, 1638 - 74, 234 - 35 (1868)
    (General Publisher, 1656)
    Prohibited “any Indians” with guns from entering houses.
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    N.Y. Col. MSS. XI. 53,54.
    (General Publisher, 1652)
    Prohibited sale of ammunition "to the Indians."
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    1652 N.Y. Laws 128 Ordinance of Dir. & Council of New Netherland
    (General Publisher, 1652)
    Prohibited sale of powder, lead, and guns. The exact text is lost but the intention is to restrict sale of arms, especially ammunition, "to the Indians."
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    1652 N.Y. Laws 138, Ordinance Of The Director And Council Of New Netherland Against Firing At Partridges Or Other Game Within The Limits Of New Amsterdam
    (General Publisher, 1652)
    Therefore the Honorable Director General and Council, in order to prevent accidents, expressly forbid and interdict all persons henceforward firing within the jurisdiction of this city or about the Fort, with any guns at Partridges or other Game that may by chance fly within the city, on pain of forfeiting the gun and a fine at the discretion of the Judge, to be applied one-third to the Poor, one-third to the Church and one-third to the Officer.

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