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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.

  • Legal sources: statutes and session laws, administrative code, attorney general opinions, appellate decisions, and select municipal ordinances.
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  • Research outputs: technical reports, academic studies, training manuals, and curated datasets relevant to the state.

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    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."
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    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.
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    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."
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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