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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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 University of Virginia Board of Visitors Minutes 6-7 (Oct. 4-5, 1824)(General Publisher, 1824)Banned students from keeping or using weapons or arms of any kind or gunpowder on campus.Item Open Access An Ordinance, for the Government of the Powder Magazine of this City, and for other purposes (12 Feb.1828, Richmond, VA)(General Publisher, 1828)That no person or persons within the City of Richmond, shall retain in his, her or their possession at any time, more than twenty-five pounds of Powder.Item Open Access Laws of the Town of Alexandria, VA: To prevent accidents... Sec. 3, No person to discharge any fire arms (1800).(General Publisher, 1800)Sec. III. No person shall discharge any Musket, Fowling-piece, Pistol, or other Fire Arms, within the limits of the corporation, unless in defence of his or her person or proprety, under the penalty of One Dollar for each offence.Item Open Access An Act Reducing into One and Amending the Several Acts Respecting the Removal of Nuisances, § 23, ALEXANDRIA, CHARTER & REVISED LAWS (Rounsavell and Pittman 1821).(General Publisher, 1821)That no person shall discharge any musket, fowling piece, pistol, or other fire arms, or any composition of gun powder, or fulminating powder, within the limits of the town of Alexandria, unless in the execution of some law, or in the discharge of some duty imposed by law. Every person ofiending herein, shall forfeit and pay one dollar for each offence."Item Open Access Ch. 111 §§ 7 & 8, 1 Va. Code 423 (1819)(General Publisher, 1819)Prohibited “free negro or mulatto” from keeping or carrying any kind of firelock, military weapon, powder, or lead without a license from a court.Item Open Access 1806 Va. Acts 51, ch. 94(General Publisher, 1806)Required every “free negro or mulatto” to first obtain a license before carrying or keeping “any fire-lock of any kind, any military weapon, or any powder or lead.”Item Open Access 1805 Va. Acts 51, An Act Concerning Free Negroes and Mulatoes(General Publisher, 1805)That no free negro or mulato shall be suffered to keep or carry any firelock of any kind… without first obtaining a license from the court…Item 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.