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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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    1875 Ga. Laws 189
    (1875)
    An Act to Prevent the Shooting or Firing of Guns or Pistols in the Village of Vineville, in the County of Bibb, ch. 181, § 1: Prohibited the discharge, firing, shooting of any gun or pistol within three hundred yards of any public road through the village of Vineville.
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    The Code of the City of Atlanta 163-64 (William T. Newman ed., 1879)
    (1879)
    Ch. 42-Powder, §§ 459-464: Prohibited merchants from keep more than one keg of powder at a time in any house. Powder shall be kept in a tin can. Violators fined not exceeding one hundred dollars or imprisoned not exceeding thirty days.
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    The Code of the City of Atlanta 164 (William T. Newman ed., 1879)
    (1879)
    Prohibited storing more than one keg of gunpowder in any building (except public warehouses), requiring it to be kept in a tin container. Selling gunpowder required an annual city license, approval by the General Council, support from three neighboring residents, and a $1,000 bond. The Council could deny licenses to unqualified applicants, and licensed sellers had to display a sign stating they were licensed to sell powder. Violations carried fines and possible imprisonment. The ordinance also prohibited firing rockets, firecrackers, or other fireworks within city limits without the Mayor's written permission.
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    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
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    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.
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    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.
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    1876 Ga. Laws 112
    (1876)
    Ch. 128: Prohibited the transfer of any pistol, dirk, Bowie knife, or sword cane to a minor.
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    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.
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    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."