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Georgia

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

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Oliver H. Prince, Digest of the Laws of the State of Georgia 407, 409 (1822)
(1806)
Required "All male white inhabitants ... from the age of eighteen to forty-five years ... to appear and work upon the several roads, creeks, causeways, water- passages, and bridges" and to "carry with him one good and sufficient gun or pair of pistols, and at least nine cartridges to fit the same, or twelve loads of powder and ball, or buck shot."
19 The Colonial Records of the State of Georgia 348-49 (Pt. 2, 1911)
(1791)
Required males between 16 and 50 to serve in the militia and provide their own arms. The arms requirement was "one rifle musket, fowling- piece or fusee fit for action, with a cartridge box or powder-horn answerable for that purpose with six cartridges or powder and lead equal thereto and three flints."
1921 Ga. Laws 95-97
(1921)
Taxation, § 1087: Required the Receiver of Tax Returns to have a full and correct return on the value of guns, pistols, Bowie-knives, and "such articles."
1921 Ga. Laws 248
(1921)
Explosives, Use of Regulated, § 1: Prohibited the possession of any dynamite, nitro-glycerine, gun cotton, any other high explosive without registering with the Explosive Register.
1927 Ga. Laws 83
(1927)
No. 398, § 2, § 86: Levied a tax on dealers "in or near towns or cities" who deal "in pistols or in toy pistols which shoot cartridges, or who deals in pistol cartridges, or rifle cartridges, dirks, bowie knives, or metal knucks."
1910 Ga. Laws 137
(1910)
Shooting at Houses, Prohibited, § 1: Prohibited shooting at, toward, or into any occupied dwelling house with any gun, pistol, rifle, or any other deadly firearm.
1910 Ga. Laws 134-35
(1910)
§ 2: Prohibited minors under the age of 18 from obtaining a license to carry. Also required license applicant to pay one hundred dollar bond.
1898 Ga. Laws 60
(1898)
No. 106: Prohibited the concealed carry of any pistol, dirk, sword cane, spear, Bowie knife, other kind of knife "manufactured and sold for purpose of offense and defense," and any "kind of metal knucks."
1910 Ga. Laws 134-35, reprinted in 6 Park's Annotated Code of the State of Georgia 234-36 (1915)
(1910)
Penal Code, Article 3, Carrying pistols without license, § 348(a)-(d): Prohibited the carry of any pistol or revolver without first obtaining a license from respective county in which the party resides. Subsections dictated how licenses were obtained and the cost of obtaining such licenses. Violators guilty of a misdemeanor.
1903 Ga. Laws 71
(1903)
An Act for the Protection of the Officers and Employees of the Georgia Penitentiary at the Various Camps throughout the State, and for all other purposes, § 1: Prohibited entering inside the "guard-lines" with a gun, pistol, any other weapon, or any intoxicating liquors.
1905 Ga. Laws 86
(1905)
Rocking or Shooting at or in Cars, § 1: Prohibited throwing rocks or other missiles at, towards, or into any passenger train on a railroad. Also Prohibited shooting any gun, pistol, or firearms of any kind towards or into any such car or while in any such car/ Violators imprisoned one to five years
1897 Ga. Laws 96-97
(1897)
An Act to make it Unlawful for any Person to Fire any Pistol, Gun or other Firearm on any Excursion Train or at any Picnic, Except in his or her Defense, and to Prescribe a Penalty for Violating Same, and for other Purposes, § 1: Prohibited discharging any pistol, gun, or other firearm while on any excursion train or at any picnic.
3 Ga. Code 147 (1896)
(1892)
§ 511: Prohibited throwing rocks or other missiles at, towards, or into a passenger train on a railroad. Also prohibited shooting any gun, pistol, or firearms of any kind at, towards, or into any such car. Violators guilty of a misdemeanor.
1898 Ga. Laws 107-08
(1898)
An Act to Make it Unlawful for any Person to Wilfully and Wantonly Fire Off or Discharge any Loaded Gun or Pistol on Sunday, Except in Defense of Person or Property, § 1: Prohibited wilfully or wantonly firing off or discharging any loaded gun or pistol on Sunday.
1894 Ga. Laws 21
(1894)
Ch. 151: Imposed $25 occupational tax on dealers of pistols, revolvers, dirks, Bowie knives, and metal knuckles.
1894 Ga. Laws 325-26
(1894)
Treasurer's Report: Details tax revenue collected by the state of Georgia on pistol dealers from 1893 to 1894.
1892 Ga. Laws 25
(1892)
Ch. 133: Imposed $100 occupational tax on dealers of pistols, revolvers, dirks, Bowie knives, and metal knuckles.
1890 Ga. Laws 38
(1890)
Ch. 131, § 2, pt. 16: Imposed $100 occupational tax on dealers of pistols, revolvers, dirks, or Bowie knives.
1882-83 Ga. Laws 48-49
(1883)
Prohibited the concealed carrying of any "pistol, dirk, sword in a cane, spear, Bowie-knife, or any other kind of knives manufactured and sold for the purpose of offense and defense."
1886 Ga. Laws 26, 28
(1886)
Ch. 101: Required disclosure of guns, pistols, Bowie knives, and "such articles" for property tax purposes.
1886 Ga. Laws 17
(1886)
Ch. 54: Imposed $100 occupational tax on dealers of pistols, revolvers, dirks, Bowie knives, and "pistol or revolver cartridges."
1884 Ga. Laws 30
(1884)
Ch. 457: Required disclosure of guns, pistols, Bowie knives, and "such articles" for property tax purposes.
1884-85 Ga. Laws 85
(1885)
Permission to Drill for Troops Other than Volunteer Forces, etc., Title 7, § 17: Prohibited any body men other than the state volunteer forces, US troops, or police to associate themselves as a military company, or to drill or parade, without a license of the governor. The license may be revoked at any time. Violators fined not exceeding ten dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding six months, or both at the discretion of the court.
1888 Ga. Laws 22
(1888)
Ch. 123, § 2, pt. 17: Imposed $25 occupational tax on dealers of pistols, revolvers, dirks, or Bowie knives.
1884-85 Ga. Laws 23
(1884)
Ch. 52, § 2, pt. 18: Imposed $100 occupational tax on dealers of pistols, revolvers, dirks, or Bowie knives.
1882-83 Ga. Laws 48, reprinted in 6 Park's Annotated Code of the State of Georgia 232 (1915)
(1882)
§ 347 (§ 341) : Prohibited carrying concealed any kind of metal knucks, pistol, dirk, sword in a cane, spear, bowie-knife or any other kind of knives manufactured and sold for the purpose of offense and defense. Violators guilty of a misdemeanor.
1880-81 Ga. Laws 154
(1880)
An Act to make Penal the Intentional Pointing, or Aiming of Fire-arms at Another, whether Loaded or Unloaded, § 1: Prohibited pointing a gun or pistol, loaded or unloaded, at another. Violators guilty of a misdemeanor.
1878-79 Ga. Laws 142
(1879)
An Act for the Protection of Birds and Game in the County of Bibb, § 1: Prohibited hunting between April 1 and October 1 in the County of Bibb
1880 Ga. Laws 151, reprinted in 6 Park's Annotated Code of the State of Georgia 236 (1915)
(1880)
§ 349 (§343): Prohibited pointing a gun or pistol, loaded or unloaded, at another. Violators guilty of a misdemeanor.
1882-83 Ga. Laws 37
(1882)
Ch. 18: Imposed $25 occupational tax on dealers of pistols, revolvers, dirks, or Bowie knives.
1882 Ga. Laws 131
(1882)
An Act to Prevent the Discharge of Fire-arms on the Public Highways of this State and within Fifty Yards of the Same; to make such an act a Misdemeanor, and Prescribe a Punishment Therefor, § 1: Prohibited wantonly discharging a gun or pistol between the "dark and daylight" on any of the public highways or within fifty yards of such public highways.
Ga. Cont. of 1877, art. I, § 22
(1877)
Declared the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed, but the legislature shall have the right to regulate the manner in which arms are borne.
1882 Ga. Code 1181-82
(1882)
Part V, Title I, Division IX, § 4528: Prohibited carrying any dirk, bowie knife, pistol, revolver, or any other deadly weapon in courts of justice, election grounds and precincts, places of public worship, and at any other public gathering. Part V, Title I, Division IX, § 4528(a): Any person who shall point a weapon at another shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
1873 Ga. Code 826
(1873)
§ 4580: Prohibited hunting any kind of game with gun or dogs, or both, on the day of the Sabbath. Violators guilty of a misdemeanor.
1876 Ga. Laws 112
(1876)
Ch. 128: Prohibited the transfer of any pistol, dirk, Bowie knife, or sword cane to a minor.
1873 Ga. Code 817-18
(1870)
Section 4527 prohibited the concealed carry of any pistol, dirk, sword in a cane, spear, Bowie knife, or any other kind of knives manufactured and sold for the purpose of offense or defense. Section 4528 prohibited the carrying of any dirk, Bowie knife, pistol, or other deadly weapon to a court, election site, precinct, place of worship, or other public gathering site. Punishable by fine of $20-50 or imprisonment for 10-20 days.
Ga. Const. of 1868, art. I, § 14
(1868)
Provided that a well-regulated militia was necessary to the security of a free people, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. However, the legislature has the power to prescribe by law the manner in which arms may be worn.
1870 Ga. Laws 421
(1870)
Title XVI, no. 285, § 1 : Prohibiting carrying "any dirk, bowie-knife, pistol or revolver, or any kind of deadly weapon, to any court of justice, or any election ground or precinct, or any place of public worship, or any other public gathering in this State, except militia muster-grounds."
1867 Ga. Code 873
(1866)
§ 4443: Prohibited deliberately challenging or accepting a duel with a sword, pistol, or other deadly weapon. Violators fined not less than five hundred dollars and imprisoned for any time not exceeding six months.
1861 Ga. Code 858
(1861)
§4413: Prohibited the concealed carry of any pistol, dirk, sword-cane, spear, Bowie-knife, or any other kids of knives manufactured for offense or defense. Violators guilty of a misdemeanor

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