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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    1875 Va. Acts 109, ch. 100, § 12
    (General Publisher, 1875)
    If any person shall, at any time, either in the night or day-time, shoot at wild fowl in any county bordering . . . with any gun which cannot be conveniently discharged from the shoulder at arm’s length without a rest, or have such gun in his possession on a boat, a justice of any such county shall require such gun to be surrendered, and shall order it to be destroyed, and shall fine the offender ten dollars.
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    1909 W.Va. Acts 479-80, ch. 60, § 19.
    (General Publisher, 1909)
    The carrying of any uncased gun in any of the fields or woods of this state, by any person not having the lawful right to hunt, pursue or kill game, birds or animals in such fields or woods shall, as to such person, other than the bona fide owner, or owners of such fields or woods, his or their child or children, tenant or tenants, lessee or lessees, be deemed prima facie evidence of a violation of this section
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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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    1642 Va. Acts 248, Act 11
    (General Publisher, 1642)
    Whereas the rights and interests of the inhabitants are very much infringed by hunting and shooting of diverse men upon their neighbors lands and dividends contrary to the privileges granted to them by their patents, whereby many injuries do daily happen to the great damage of the owners of the land whereon such hunting or shooting is used, It is therefore enacted and confirmed that if any planter or person shall hunt or shoot upon or within the precincts or limits of his neighbor or other divident 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 offence four hundred pounds of tobacco . . .
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    The Dialogue Concerning the Exchequer, circa 1080, Book 1, § 12
    (1080)
    Prohibited hunting in the forests of the king.
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    Law of King Canute A. D. 1016-1035. Secular Dooms, Cap. 80
    (General Publisher, 1035)
    Allowed individuals to hunt on their own lands. Anyone caught hunting on the King's lands would suffer "the full penalty."

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