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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    The Documentary History Of The State Of New - York, at 222-223 (1849)
    (General Publisher, 1690)
    Prohibited the discharge of pistols and firearms in Albany
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    Grants, Concessions, and Original Constitutions of the Province of New Jersey 341-42, ch 2, An Act concersning Slaves, &c. (2d ed. 1881).
    (General Publisher, 1694)
    Prohibited any slave from being permitted to carry any gun or pistol into the woods or plantations unless their owner accompanied them.
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    1699 N. H. Acts and Laws ch. 1
    (General Publisher, 1699)
    Prohibited riding or going armed offensively to cause fear or affray of the people.
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    The Acts And Resolves, Public And Private, Of The Province Of The Massachusetts Bay Page 268, Image 298 (1869) § 3
    (General Publisher, 1697)
    That no person or persons whatsoever, in any town or garrison, shall presume to discharge or shoot off any gun or guns after the shutting in of the daylight in the evening, or before daylight in the morning, unless in case of alarm, approach of the enemy, or other necessary defense, on pain that every person so offending, and being thereof convicted before one or more of his majestie’s justices of the peace, shall forfeit and pay the sum of ten shillings, one moiety thereof to and for the use of the poor of the town where the offence is committed, and the other moiety to him or them that shall inform or prosecute for the same. And in case such offender shall not have wherewith to answer the said fine, or shall refuse or neglect to pay the same, then to be set in the stocks, not exceeding two hours’ time: provided, that this act shall remain and continue in force during the present war, and no longer.
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    1694 Mass. Laws 12, no. 6, An Act for the Punishing of Criminal Offenders.
    (General Publisher, 1694)
    Further it is Enacted by the authority aforesaid, That every Justice of the Peace in the County where the Offence is committed , may cause to be staid and arrested all Affrayers, Rioters, Disturbers, or Breakers of the Peace, and such as shall ride or go armed Offensively before any of their Majesties Justices, or other Their Officers or Ministers doing their Office or elsewhere.
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    1693 Mass. Acts 48, An Act for Regulating of the Militia, ch. 3, §§ 1, 5
    (General Publisher, 1693)
    . That all male persons from sixteen years of age to sixty, (other than such as are herein after excepted), shall bear arms, and duly attend all musters and military exercises of the respective troops and companies where they are listed . . . § 5 That every listed solider and other householder (except troopers) shall be always provided with a well fixed firelock musket, or musket or bastard musket bore . . .
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    1692 Mass. Acts and Laws no. 6, pp. 11-12
    (General Publisher, 1692)
    Prohibited riding or going armed offensively to cause fear or affray of the people.

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