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New Jersey

This jurisdictional hub aggregates FRC holdings related to New Jersey. It supports research on the state’s firearms history, technology, law, policy, and culture from the colonial period through statehood to the present.

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    General Ordinances of the City of Plainfield, New Jersey 125-26 (1902)
    (1895)
    An Ordinance Concerning Firearms and Other Deadly Weapons: That no person shall fire or discharge any gun, fowling piece or firearms within the limits of the City of Plainfield. That no person shall carry within the limits of the City of Plainfield concealed upon or about his person, any pistol, dirk, butcher or bowie knife, stilletto, dagger, sword, or spear in a cane, brass or metal knuckles, razor, slug shot, or other deadly weapon
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    1892 N.J. Laws 353
    (1892)
    Ch. 217, 1-2: That if any person shall be apprehended in any city of this state, having concealed upon his or her person any offensive weapon, then he or she shall be deemed and adjudged to be a disorderly person; provided, that this act shall not apply to sheriffs, under sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, constables, policemen or other peace officers, nor to any person having a written permit from the police authorities of such city to carry such weapon.
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    An Ordinance to Regulate the Carrying of Concealed Weapons and to Prohibit the Carrying of the Same Except as Herein Provided, in Montclair Times, May 15, 1897, at 8
    (1897)
    No person shall carry any deadly weapon concealed on his person within the Town of Montclair except members of the police force of the Town of Montclair, public officers either of the United States or of this State or any sub-division thereof who are duly authorized by law to carry such weapons and persons to whom permits shall have been issued as hereinafter provided.
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    1885 N.J. Laws 52
    (1885)
    Ch. 44, 2: That it shall not be lawful to sell, hire or loan to any person under the age of fifteen years any gun, pistol, toy pistol, or other fire-arms; or for any person under the age of fifteen years to purchase, barter or exchange any gun, pistol, toy pistol or other fire-arms; nor for any person under the age of fifteen years to carry, fire or use any gun, pistol, toy pistol or other fire-arms, except in the presence of his father or guardian, or for the purpose of military drill in accordance with the rules of a school.
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    Ordinances of the Borough of Vineland 5 (1883)
    (1883)
    An Ordinance for the Protection of Persons and Property, 3 of Ordinance No. 3: And be it ordained and enacted, That if any person shall unnecessarily fire or cause to be fired, any gun, pistol or other fire-arms or cannon, in any of the street, lanes, alleys or parks of said Borough [i.e., the Borough of Vineland]; or if any person under the age of fifteen years shall carry or use any gun, pistol or other fire-arms, or if any merchant or trader shall sell or offer to sell any gun, pistol or other fire-arms to any such person, he or they so offending shall be liable to a fine of not less than one nor more than ten dollars for every such offence."
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    An Ordinance to Prevent the Carrying of Loaded or Concealed Weapons Within the Limits of the City of Hoboken, in Hoboken, N.J., Ordinances 240-41 (1892)
    (1885)
    That it shall not be lawful for any person or persons (excepting policemen and private watchmen when on duty), within the corporate limits of the city of Hoboken, to carry, have or keep concealed on his or her person any instrument or weapon commonly known as slung shot, stilletto, billy, sandclub or metal knuckles, and any dirk or dagger (not contained as a blade of a pocket knife), and loaded pistol or other dangerous weapon
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    Book of Ordinances of the Town of Freehold, New Jersey 54 (1894)
    (1894)
    That if any person or persons shall fire, discharge, or let off any gun, pistol, squib, or other fire-work within this town within one hundred yards of any dwelling house, stable, or any other building, every such person or persons so offending and being thereof duly convicted, shall forfeit and pay for every such offense the sum of Five Dollars
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    Ordinances of the City of Bayonne, From 1869 to 1894, at 486 (1894)
    (1886)
    An Ordinance to Prevent Danger to Persons and Property and Malicious Mischief, 1-2: No person shall use or have in his or her possession on the public highways within the City limits, any instrument commonly known as a Bean Shooter, nor any instrument of a like character for throwing missless, under a penalty of Five Dollars for each offence, to be recovered from the person using or having the same in his or her possession.
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    Rahway, N.J., Rev. Code tit. 27, §§ 206-208 (1896)
    (1896)
    Regulated the sale, storage, and transportation of gunpowder in the city of Rahwey
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    1886 N.J. Laws 205
    (1886)
    An Act To Regulate The Manufacture And Storage of Gun Powder, Dynamite and Other Explosive, 1: Prohibited the storage of gunpowder, dynamite, and other explosive material within one thousand feet from any public road.
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    Rahway, N.J., Rev. Code tit. 28, § 209 (1896)
    (1896)
    That if any person between the hours of five P. M. and seven A. M. of any day, kindle or cause to be kindled, within the limits of the city, any bonfire or shall at any time of day or night fire or discharge within said city limits without written permission from the Mayor of the city, any cannon, gun, pistol or other firearms (except upon private property and premises of the party so discharging said firearms)the person so offending shall forfeit and pay for each and every such offense the sum of five dollars besides cost of conviction.
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    Ordinances of the City of Bayonne, From 1869 to 1894, at 521 (1894)
    (1888)
    An Ordinance to Regulate the Discharge of Firearms within the City of Bayonne, 1-2: That no person shall, within the limits of the City of Bayonne, fire or discharge any pistol, cannon, fowling-piece, duck-gun, rifle, air-gun or other gun, except in the lawful defence of his property, person or family, or set off or explode any squibs, Chinese crackers or other fire-works, except on the Fourth of July, under a penalty not exceeding ten dollars for each offence, to be collected in the manner provided by law; provided, however, that the Council may permit proper parties to engage in the practice of marksmanship under proper restrictions.