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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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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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
1924 Ga. Laws 283
(1924)
An Act for the Protection of Game Birds in the County of Bartow, § 2: Prohibited hunting any game bird or animal within the county limits of Bartow using an automatic or repeating shotgun. Violators guilty of a misdemeanor.
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.
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.
1889 Ga. Laws 993
(1889)
Ch. 640: Required disclosure of guns, pistols, Bowie knives, and "such articles" for property tax purposes.
1921 Ga. Laws 95-97
(1921)
Taxation, § 1087: Required the Receiver of Tax Returns to have a full and correct return on the value of guns, pistols, Bowie-knives, and "such articles."
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.
1921 Ga. Laws 248
(1921)
Explosives, Use of Regulated, § 1: Prohibited the possession of any dynamite, nitro-glycerine, gun cotton, any other high explosive without registering with the Explosive Register.
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.
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.
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."
1927 Ga. Laws 83
(1927)
No. 398, § 2, § 86: Levied a tax on dealers "in or near towns or cities" who deal "in pistols or in toy pistols which shoot cartridges, or who deals in pistol cartridges, or rifle cartridges, dirks, bowie knives, or metal knucks."
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.
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.
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."
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.
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.
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
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.

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