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New York

This jurisdictional hub aggregates FRC holdings related to New York. It supports research on the state’s firearms history, technology, law, policy, and culture from Dutch and British colonial periods through statehood to the present.

  • Legal sources: statutes and session laws, administrative code and registers, attorney general opinions, appellate decisions, and select municipal ordinances.
  • Historical materials: newspapers, photographs, maps, catalogs, armory and manufacturing records, maritime and law-enforcement archives, and oral histories tied to New York people and places.
  • Research outputs: technical reports, academic studies, training manuals, and curated datasets relevant to the state.

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    Charter of the City of Schenectady 97 (1869)
    (1863)
    An Ordinance Prohibiting the Obstructing of Side-Walks, and for Other Purposes, § 3: It shall not be lawful for any person to discharge any gun, pistol or other fire-arms, except in a shooting gallery, within the lamp district of this city; and every person offending in this respect shall be punished by fine not exceeding ten dollars and the costs of the suit, and to stand committed until such fine and costs be paid, not exceeding ten days.
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    Charter of the Village of Lansingburgh 50 (1865)
    (1865)
    An Ordinance to prevent accidents by fire in the village of Lansinburgh, and for other purposes, § 5: Nor shall any person or persons fire any cannon, gun, pistol or other fire arms, or set fire to, or burn any squib, cracker, rocket or powder (except for the purpose of blasting rocks for improvements, or trying guns in the manufacturing of them,) within the limits of said village without the consent of the president or board of trustees of said village
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    Fourth Annual Report of the Board of Commissioners of the Central Park 106 (1861)
    (1861)
    Prohibited any person from carrying firearms, throwing stones or other missiles within Central Park.
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    1869 N.Y. Rev. Stat. 613, ch. 20, pt. 1, tit. 8, § 3
    (1869)
    No person shall fire or discharge any gun, pistol, rocket, squib, cracker, or other fire-work, within a quarter mile of any building, on the twenty-fifth day of December, on the last day of December, on the first day of January, or on the twenty-second day of February, in any year; nor on the fourth day of July, or such other day as shall at the time be celebrated as the anniversary of American independence, without the order of some officer of the militia, while in the course of military exercise
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    1866 N.Y. Laws 1523
    (1866)
    Ch. 716, § 1: Prohibited using, attempting to use, concealing, or possessing a slungshot, billy, sandclub or metal knuckles, and any dirk or dagger, or sword cane or air-gun. Punishable by imprisonment for up to one year and/or a fine up to five hundred dollars.