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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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A Compilation of the Acts of the Legislature Incorporating the City of Macon, Georgia 45-46 (S. Rose & Co. 1862)
(1862)
Required gunpowder to be stored in a public magazine, limited retail storage, authorized seizure of improperly stored powder, established a bonded magazine keeper, set storage fees, and required recordkeeping, inspections, and public auction of unclaimed powder to recover fees.
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."
18 The Colonial Records of the State of Georgia 117-18 (1910)
(1755)
Requirement that "any Slave" have a ticket to use a firearm that must be renewed every month, subject to seizure.
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.
A Compilation of the Acts of the Legislature Incorporating the City of Macon, Georgia 47 (S. Rose & Co. 1862)
(1862)
Nuisances § 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 fire works within the limits of the city. Any person so offending shall be fined in§a sum not exceeding twenty dollars."
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.
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.
1888 Ga. Laws 261
(1888)
Ch. 103: Required disclosure of guns, pistols, Bowie knives, and "such articles" for property tax purposes.
A Compilation of the Acts of the Legislature Incorporating the City of Macon, Georgia 60 (S. Rose & Co. 1862)
(1862)
Ordinance Against Carrying Deadly Weapons: That any white person who shall violate the Statutes of the State of Georgia now in force, relative to carrying about his or her person any deadly weapon mentioned in said Statutes, within the limits of the City of Macon, shall, for each offence, on proof thereof before the Mayor of said city, be fined by said Mayor in a sum of not less than fifty, nor more than one hundred dollars, or imprisoned in the common Jail of Bibb county or the Guard House of said city, for any period not exceeding one month, or both fined and imprisoned as aforesaid, in the discretion of the Mayor. And any slave or free person of color who shall carry about his or her person any deadly weapon of any description-such as are manufactured for purposes of offence or defence-within the limits of said city, shall be punished by whipping and imprisonment in the Guard House of said city, at the discretion of the Mayor-the whipping not to exceed seventy-five lashes, and the imprisonment not to exceed thirty days."
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.
1866 Ga. Laws 27-28
(1866)
An Act to Authorize the Justices of the Inferior Courts of Camden, Glynn and Effingham Counties to Levy a Special Tax for County Purposes, and to regulate the same, §§ 3-4: Allowed these three counties to collect a tax of one dollar per gun or pistol, musket, or rifle over the number of three owned or kept on any plantation.
1889 Ga. Laws 993
(1889)
Ch. 640: Required disclosure of guns, pistols, Bowie knives, and "such articles" for property tax purposes.
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.
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.
18 The Colonial Records of the State of Georgia 190 (1910)
(1756)
"And be it Enacted by the Authority aforesaid that it shall not be Lawful for any of the said Acadians to have or use any fire Arms or other Offensive Weapons otherwise than in his Masters Plantation or immediately under his Inspection on any Occasion, Account or pretence whatsoever."
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."
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.

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