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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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    1902 Ga. Laws 434-35
    (1902)
    § 16: Granted the mayor and alderman the authority to license, regulate, and control by ordinance all gun shops, dealers in guns, or pistols.
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    John K. Davis, The Code of the City of Cedartown 73 (1900)
    (1900)
    § 211: Prohibited any person to draw a concealed pistol, dirk, or Bowie-knife.
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    1906 Ga. Laws 600-01
    (1906)
    § 27: Granted the mayor and aldermen the power and authority to regulate and prevent the storage of gunpowder, tar, pitch . . . Or other combustible or explosive substances within city limits. Also granted the authority to regulate lights in stables, shops, or other places. Also granted the authority to regulate bonfires, fireworks, firecrackers, torpedoes, skyrockets, roman candles, firing of guns, pistols, anvils, and every kind of gaming or hunting within city limits.
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    1900 Ga. Laws 201
    (1900)
    § 15: Granted the town council to regulate the keeping and selling of dynamite, gunpowder, kerosene, and all other hazardous articles of merchandise.
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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