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1699 N. H. Acts and Laws ch. 1
(General Publisher, 1699)
Prohibited riding or going armed offensively to cause fear or affray of the people.
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1759 Acts and Laws of His Majesty's Province of New Hampshire in New England 63, An Act About Powdr Money, § 1
(General Publisher, 1759)
That every foreign ship or vessel above thirty tons, coming into any port or part of this province from over the sea to trade or traffick [sic], all or the major part of the owners whereof are not actually inhabitants of this province, shall, every voyage they make, pay two shillings in money per ton, or one pound of good gunpowder
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1759 N.H. Laws 115-16, An Act in Addition to the Act for Regulating the Militia.
(General Publisher, 1759)
No person or persons whatever in any town or garrison within this province, shall during the time of war, or of keeping a military watch in such town or garrison, presume to discharge or shoot off any gun or guns after sun-setting, or before the sun's-rising
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1761 Temp. Acts and Laws of His Majesty's Province of New-Hampshire in New-England, at 1-2
(General Publisher, 1759)
And every justice of the peace within this province, may cause to be stayed and arrested, all affrayers, rioters, disturbers or breakers of the peace, or any other who shall go armed offensively, or put his Majesty's subjects in fear, by menaces or threatening speeches
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1786 N.H. Laws 383-84, An Act to Prevent the Keeping of Large Quantities of Gun-Powder in Private Houses in Portsmouth, and for Appointing a Keeper of the Magazine Belonging to Said Town.
(General Publisher, 1786)
That if any person or persons, shall keep in any dwelling-house, store or other buildings, on land, within the limits of said Portsmouth, except the magazine aforesaid, more than ten pounds of gun-powder at any one time, which ten pounds shall be kept in a tin canister properly secured for that purpose, such person or persons shall forfeit the powder so kept,
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1786 N.H. Laws 409-10, An Act for Forming and Regulating the Militia within this State, and for Repealing All the Laws Heretofore Made for that Purpose, § 7.
(General Publisher, 1786)
[E]very non-commissioned officer and soldier, both in the alarm list and training band, shall be provided, and have constantly in readiness, a good musket, and a bayonet fitted thereto, with a good scabbard and belt, a worm, priming-wire and brush, a cartridge-box that will hold at least twenty-four rounds, six flints, and a pound of powder, forty leaden balls fitted to his gun, a knap sack, a blanket, and a canteen that will hold one quart.
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1793 N.H. Laws 464-65, An Act to Prevent the Keeping of Large Quantities of Gun-Powder in Private Houses in Portsmouth, and for Appointing a Keeper of the Magazine Belonging to Said Town.
(General Publisher, 1793)
That if any person or persons, shall keep in any dwelling-house, store or other building on land, within the limits of said Portsmouth, except the magazine aforesaid, more than ten pounds of gun-powder at any one time, which ten pounds shall be kept in a tin canister, properly secured for the purpose, such person or persons shall forfeit the powder so kept to the firewards of said Portsmouth to be laid out by them in purchasing such utensils as they may judge proper for the extinguishing of the fire;
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1795 N.H. Laws 525, An Act in Addition to an Act, Entitled, “An Act for Regulating the Militia within this State."
(General Publisher, 1795)
[E]very free, able bodied, white male citizen of this state, resident therein, who is, or shall be of the age of sixteen years and under forty years of age, under such exceptions as are made in said act, shall be enrolled in the militia, and shall in all other respects be considered as liable to do the duties of the militia in the same way and manner, as those of the age of eighteen years and upwards. Also prohibited the discharge of firearms by non-officers or private soldiers
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1820 N.H. Laws 861, An Act for Forming, Arranging and Regulating the Militia, § 44, art. 15.
(General Publisher, 1820)
If any non-commissioned officer or private shall come on to any parade with his musket, rifle, or pistol loaded with powder and ball, slugs or shot, he shall for such offence forfeit not less than two nor more than ten dollars[.]
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1824 N.H. Laws 191-92, An Act to Establish a System of Police in the Town of Portsmouth, and for Other Purposes, ch. 34, § 4.
(General Publisher, 1824)
That if any person or persons shall within the compact part of the town of Portsmouth, that is to say, within one mile of the courthouse, fire or discharge any cannon, gun, pistol or other fire arms, or beat any drum, (except by command of a military officer, having authority therefor) or fire or discharge any rockets, squibs, crackers, or any preparation of gunpowder, (except by the permission of the police officers, or of a major part of them first had in writing) . . . every such person, for every such act shall be taken and deemed to be an offender against the police of Portsmouth, and shall be liable to the penalties hereinafter expressed.
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1856 N.H. Laws 1781–82, ch. 1870
(General Publisher, 1856)
Resolved that possession of Bowie-knives and revolvers was necessary for the right to freedom of speech, due to attacks on abolitionists in the South.
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1867 N.H. Gen. Stat. 206, ch. 98, §§ 1-4
(General Publisher, 1854)
Provided the board of firewards the ability to regulate the import/export of Gunpowder. Also prohibited the storage of gunpowder in quantities exceeding 25 pounds
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1891 N.H. Pub. Stat. 332, ch. 117, § 7
(General Publisher, 1891)
Regulated the sale of gunpowder less than twenty-five pounds and sales in the night wth a fine of not more than five dollars.
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1891 N.H. Pub. Stat. 713, ch. 265, § 4.
(General Publisher, 1883)
If any person shall have in his possession a toy pistol, toy revolver, or other toy firearms, for the explosion of percussion caps or blank cartridges, with intent to sell the same, or shall sell, or offer to sell or to give away the same, he shall be fined not more than fifty dollars
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1905 N.H. Laws 515, An Act to Prohibit the Use of Swivel and Punt Guns, ch. 98, § 1.
(General Publisher, 1905)
IF any person shall, at any time, within this state, hunt, pursue, shoot at, or kill any game bird, as defined by section 34 of chapter 79 of the laws of 1901, with any punt gun swivel gun, or other gun not fired from the shoulder, or of larger bore than ten gauge, he shall be fined not more than ten dollars for each offense and shall forfeit all guns and implements with which the offense was committed.
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1907 N.H. Laws 142, An Act Relating to the Committing of Burglary with Explosives, ch. 146, §§ 1-4.
(General Publisher, 1907)
Provided that any person who breaks and enters a building with gunpowder, nitroglycerine, dynamite, or other explosives and commits burglary will be deemed guilty of burglary with explosives
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1913 N.H. Laws 639, An Act to Regulate the Transportation of Dynamite, Gunpowder and Explosives, ch. 128, § 1.
(General Publisher, 1913)
It shall be unlawful to transport, carry, or convey from one place in this state to another place in this state, any dynamite, gunpowder, or other explosive on any vessel or vehicle of any description operated by a common carrier, which vessel or vehicle is carrying passengers for hire
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1915 N.H. Laws 180-81, An Act to Revise and Amend the Fish and Game Laws, ch. 133, pt. 2, § 18
(General Publisher, 1915)
Prohibited the setting of a spring gun. Punished by a fine of $50-500.
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1917 N.H. Laws 727-28, An Act for the Regulation of the Sale and Use of Explosives and Firearms, ch. 185, § 1
(General Publisher, 1917)
No person shall manufacture, sell, or deal in firearms or in gunpowder, dynamite, nitro-glycerine, or other form of high explosive, unless he shall first obtain, from the selectmen of the town or the chief of police of the city where such business is to be conducted, a written license therefor
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1917 N.H. Laws 727-28, An Act for the Regulation of the Sale and Use of Explosives and Firearms, ch. 185, § 2
(General Publisher, 1917)
No such licensed person shall sell or deliver firearms to any person not a citizen of the United States, unless he shall have legally declared his intention of becoming a citizen, or any such explosive material or compound to any person, except upon presentation of a permit such as is hereinafter provided for, nor unless satisfied that the same is to be used for a lawful purpose.