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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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    P. G. Rhome, By-Laws of the Corporation of Crawfordville, Georgia 8 (1849)
    (1849)
    Prohibited shooting or discharging any pistol, gun, rifle, or other fire-arms within the corporate limits. Violators fined not less than twenty-five cents nor more than one dollar on the first offense. Upon the second offense, violators fined not less than one dollar, nor more than two dollars, at the commissioners discretion.
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    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.
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    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.
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    1847 Ga. Laws 138
    (1847)
    An Act To Incorporate The Evergreen Cemetery Company Of Bonaventure, § 5: Prohibited shooting or discharging any gun or other firearms within the cemetery limits. Violators guilty of a misdemeanor.
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    18 The Colonial Records of the State of Georgia 294-95 (1910)
    (1759)
    unlawful to fire "any great gun or shall arm in the town or harbour of Savannah after Sun Set without leave or permission from the Governor." Margin note says "small arm."