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 1884 Wyo. Terr. Sess. Laws 134, ch. 85, § 28, pt. 1.(General Publisher, 1884)[T]o regulate the storage of gun-powder, kerosene and other dangerous material[.]Item Open Access 1883 Wis. Sess. Laws 315, ch. 151, tit. 5, § 38.(General Publisher, 1883)The powers conferred upon the said council to provide for the abatement or removal of nuisances, shall not bar or hinder suits, prosecutions or proceedings in the courts according of law. Depots, houses or buildings of any kind, wherein more than twenty-five pounds of gun powder are deposited, stored or kept at any one time . . . within the limits of said city are hereby declared and shall be deemed public or common nuisances.Item Open Access Act of Feb 16, 1899, ch. 4, § 28, W.Va. Acts 14, 24.(General Publisher, 1899)to regulate the keeping of gun powder and other inflammable or dangerous substances; to provide for the regular building of houses or other structuresItem Open Access J. Nelson Wisner, Ordinances and By-Laws of the Corporation of Martinsburg: Berkeley Co., West Virginia, Including the Act of Incorporation and All Other Acts of a Special or General Nature, at 26, An Ordinance to Prevent Certain Improper Practices Therein Specified, § 12 (1875)(General Publisher, 1875)It shall not be lawful for any person to keep in any shop, store, warehouse or other house or building within this town, without the special permission or authority from the Council, a greater quantity of gun or rock powder at any one time than twenty-five pounds; and every person offending against the provision of this section shall forfeit and pay to the town a fine of not less than five nor more than ten dollars.Item Open Access Charter and Ordinances of the City of Olympia: Also General Laws of Washington Territory, Relative to the Government of Incorporated Cities and Towns, at 90, Ordinance No. 241, § 1 (1886)(General Publisher, 1886)Any person or persons who shall store any gunpowder, giantpowder, dynamite or nitro-glycerine, in any combustible form, within the fire limits of the City of Olympia, or in any building or place within three hundred yards of the dwelling house or building of another within the City of Olympia, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not greater than one hundred dollars nor less than twenty-five dollars. Provided, That any person may keep gunpowder in any quantity not to exceed fifty pounds at any one time, within such limits or places for private use or sale.Item Open Access 1861-1862 Wash. Sess. Laws 22, An Act to Incorporate the City of Walla Walla, art. 5, § 3, pt. 22.(General Publisher, 1862)To regulate the storage of gunpowder, pitch, tar, rosin and all other combustible materials, . . . in shops, stables and other places. To prevent, remove or secure any fire-place, stove, chimney, oven, boiler, or other apparatus which may be dangerous in causing fire.Item Open Access 1883 Wash. Sess. Laws 161, An Act to Incorporate the City of Ellensburgh, ch. 2, § 20.(General Publisher, 1883)The city of Ellensburg shall have power to prevent injury or annoyance from anything dangerous, offensive, or unhealthy . . . to regulate the transportation storing and keeping of gunpowder and other combustibles and to provide or license magazines for the same[.]Item Open Access 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.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 Ordinances of the City of Norfolk, with the Amended Charter and an Appendix, at 115–16, ch. 33, § 1 (1894).(General Publisher, 1894)No person shall keep, in any house or store, any quantity of gunpowder exceeding two kegs or vessels thereof, of the weight of twenty-five pounds each,