Collection of Historical Firearm Regulations
Permanent URI for this repositoryhttps://dspace.d106.bravog.com/handle/123456789/13
Welcome to the Historical Firearm Regulations Collection
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.
Browse
113 results
Search Results
Item Open Access 1786 Va. Acts 35. (Ch. 49, An Act Forbidding and Punishing Affrays).(General Publisher, 1786)Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that no man, great nor small, of what condition soever he be, except the Ministers of Justice in executing the precepts of the Courts of Justice, or in executing of their office, and such as be in their company assisting them, be so hardy to come before the justices of any court, or either of their Ministers of Justice, doing their office, with force and arms, on pain, to forfeit their armour to the Commonwealth, and their bodies to prison, at the pleasure of a Court; nor go nor ride armed by night nor by day, in fair or markets, or in other places, in terror of the county, upon pain of being arrested and committed to prison by any Justice on his own view, or proof by others, there to abide for so long a time as a jury, to be sworn for that purpose by the said Justice, shall direct, and in like manner to forfeit his armour to the Commonwealth; but no person shall be imprisoned for such offence by a longer space of time than one month.Item Open Access Act of May 5, 1777, ch. 3, in 9 HENING'S STATUTES AT LARGE 281, 281-82 (1821)(General Publisher, 1777)An act to oblige the free male inhabitants of this state above a certain age to give assurance of Allegiance to the same, and for other purposes. WHEREAS allegiance and protection are reciprocal, and those who will not bear the former are not entitled to the benefits of the later, Therefore Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that all free born male inhabitants of this state, above the age of sixteen years, except imported servants during the time of their service, shall, on or before the tenth day of October next, take and subscribe the following oath or affirmation before some one of the justices of the peace of the county, city, or borough, where they shall respectively inhabit; and the said justice shall give a certificate thereof to every such person, and the said oath or affirmation shall be as followeth, viz . . . And the justices tendering such oath or affirmation are hereby directed to deliver a list of the names of such recusants to the county lieutenant, or chief commanding officer of the militia, who is hereby authorised and directed forthwith to cause such recusants to be disarmedItem Open Access Collection of All Such Acts of the General Assembly of Virginia, of a Public and Permanent Nature, as are Now in Force, at 187, ch. 103, §§ 8–9 (1803),(General Publisher, 1792)Prohibited any “negro or mulatto” from possessing or carrying a gun, powder, shot, club, or other weapon.Item Open Access Collection of All Such Acts of the General Assembly of Virginia ch. 21, p. 33 (1794)(General Publisher, 1786)Prohibited any man from being armed at fairs or markets "in terror of the country."Item Open Access An Act to Amend and Reduce into one Act, the Several Laws for Regulating and Disciplining the Militia, 1785 Va. Acts ch. 1, § III, p 2(General Publisher, 1785)Required members of the militia to keep arms, ammunition, and accoutrements ready when called for by their commanding officer.Item Open Access Act of May 5, 1777, ch. 3, in 9 Hening’s Statute at Large 281, 281-82 (1821)(General Publisher, 1777)Required any “free male inhabitants of this state above a certain age” to take an oath of allegiance to the state.Item Open Access An Act for the Punishment of Divers Capital and Other Felonies, § 4, 1787 Vt. Acts & Resolves (George Hough & Alden Spooner 1787).(General Publisher, 1787)That whoever shall be guilty of Burglary, by breaking open any dwelling-house, or shop, wherein are deposited goods, wares, or merchandize, or shall commit Robbery, if in the perpetration of said crimes the person or persons committing the same shall be guilty of any personal abuse or violence, or shall be so armed with any dangerous weapon as clearly to indicate their violent intentions; such persons found guilty as aforesaid, and being thereof convicted before the Supreme Court, shall suffer death.Item Open Access 1779 Vt. Acts & Resolves 59, An Act for Forming and Regulating the Militia; and for Encouragement of Military Skill, for the Better Defense of This State.(General Publisher, 1779)That every listed soldier and other householder, shall always be provided with, and have in constant readiness, a well fixed firelock, the barrel not less than three feet and a half long, or other good firearms, to the satisfaction of the commissioned officers of the company to which he doth belong, or in the limits of which he dwells; a good sword, cutlass, tomahawk or bayonet; a worm, and priming wire, fit for each gunItem Open Access VERMONT STATE PAPERS, BEING A COLLECTION OF RECORDS AND DOCUMENTS, CONNECTED WITH THE ASSUMPTION AND ESTABLISHMENT OF GOVERNMENT BY THE PEOPLE OF VERMONT; TOGETHER WITH THE JOURNAL OF THE COUNCIL OF SAFETY, THE FIRST CONSTITUTION, THE EARLY JOURNALS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, AND THE LAWS FROM THE YEAR 1779 TO 1786, INCLUSIVE 307 (1823).(General Publisher, 1779)Required every listed soldier and other householder to be provided and have in constant readiness: a firearm, blade weapon, gunpowder, bullets, and cleaning equipment.Item Open Access Vt. Const., ch. 1, § XV(General Publisher, 1777)Declared a right to bear arms for the defence of themselves and the state.