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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.
  • Historical materials: newspapers, photographs, maps, catalogs, manufacturing, militia, and agricultural records, and oral histories tied to Georgia people and places.
  • Research outputs: technical reports, academic studies, training manuals, and curated datasets relevant to the state.

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  • Item type:Item,
    A Compilation of the Acts of the Legislature Incorporating the City of Macon, Georgia 48 (1858)
    (1858)
    § 5:§It shall not be lawful for any person to fire a gun, pistol, or any other fire arms, within three hundred yards of any house, except in cases of military parade; nor shall any person burn rockets, crackers, or any kind of fireworks within the limits of the city. Any person so offending shall be fined in a sum not exceeding twenty dollars.
  • Item type:Item,
    Charter and Ordinances of the City of Macon 38 (1853)
    (1853)
    § 5: Prohibited the discharge of a gun, pistol, or any other fire-arms within three hundred yards of any house. Also prohibited burning rockets, crackers, or any kind of fireworks within the limits of the city. Violators fined not exceeding twenty dollars.
  • Item type:Item,
    1851-52 Ga. Acts 269
    (1852)
    No. 165: 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.