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The Federal Repository is dedicated to preserving historical, academic, and cultural materials related to the federal government and its jurisdictions, including the District of Columbia and other federal territories. This repository includes research studies, historical documents, and scholarly works that explore the development, culture, and contributions of these regions to the nation's history.
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Item Open Access Federal Firearms Act, 52 Stat. 1250-51 (1938)(General Publisher, 1938)Prohibited any person who has been convicted of a “crime of violence or is a fug[a]tive from justice” from receiving “any firearm or ammunition” which has been shipped in interstate commerce.Item Open Access 1 Fed. Reg. 668, 674, National Park Service Rules and Regulations (1936) § 8(General Publisher, 1936)Prohibited firearms, explosives, traps, seines, and nets within the parks and monuments under federal control.Item Open Access National Firearms Act (1934) 48 Stat. 1236(General Publisher, 1934)Heavily regulated the use of Machine Guns, Short Barrel Shotguns, Short Barrel Rifles, Suppressors, etc. Also established a $200 tax stamp for registration purposes.Item Open Access An Act To Prohibit the Manufacture, Distribution, Storage, Use, and Possession in Time of War of Explosives, Proving Regulations for the Safe Manufacture, Distribution, Storage, Use, and Possession of the Same, and for Other Purposes, 40 Stat. 385 (1917), ch. 83(General Publisher, 1917)During war, prohibited the manufacture, distribution, storage, use, possession of powder, explosives, blasting supplies, or ingredients thereof in such a manner detrimental to the public safety.Item Open Access 27 Stat. 116–17, ch. 159 (July 13, 1892).(General Publisher, 1892)Prohibited concealed carry of deadly or dangerous weapons in the District of Columbia such as daggers, air-guns, pistols, Bowie-knives, dirk-knives, dirks, blackjacks, razors, razor blades, sword-canes, slung-shots, brass knuckles, other metal knuckles. Also banned the sale of deadly weapons to minors. Vendors were required to be licensed.Item Open Access An Act To Control The Possession, Sale, Transfer And Use Of Pistols And Other Dangerous Weapons In The District Of Columbia, To Provide Penalties, To Prescribe Rules Of Evidence, And For Other Purposes, 47 Stat. 650 (1932), ch. 465, §§ 1, 8(General Publisher, 1932)Prohibited being armed with or having readily available any pistol or other firearm while committing a violent crime. In addition to being punished for the crime, will also be punished with imprisonment (various terms depending on the number of previous convictions). Additionally, Prohibited people convicted of violent crimes from owning or possessing a pistol. Prohibited carrying a concealed deadly or dangerous weapon. Regulates the sale and transfer of pistols.Item Open Access 1899 U.S. Stat. 1270, ch. 429, sec. 117(General Publisher, 1899)Prohibited concealed carry of any revolver, pistol, other firearm, or knife, dirk, dagger, slung shot, metal knuckles, or any instrument which could inflict injury.Item Open Access Washington D.C. 27 Stat. 116 (1892)(General Publisher, 1892)That it shall not be lawful for any person or persons within the District of Columbia, to have concealed about their person any deadly or dangerous weapons, such as daggers, air-guns, pistols, bowie-knives, dirk knives or dirks, blackjacks, razors, razor blades, sword canes, slung shot, brass or other metal knuckles.That it shall not be lawful for any person or persons within the District of Columbia to carry openly any such weapons as hereinbefore described with intent to unlawfully use the same, and any person or persons violating either of these sections shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. That any person or persons who shall, within the District of Columbia, sell, barter, hire, lend or give to any minor under the age of twenty-one years any such weapon as hereinbefore described shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor