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West Virginia

This jurisdictional hub aggregates FRC holdings related to West Virginia. It supports research on the state’s firearms history, technology, law, policy, and culture from Virginia statehood partition (1863) to the present, with relevant antecedents in pre-1863 Virginia.

  • Legal sources: statutes and session laws, administrative code, attorney general opinions, appellate decisions, and select municipal ordinances.
  • Historical materials: newspapers, photographs, maps, catalogs, frontier, Civil War, mining and industrial records, law-enforcement collections, and oral histories tied to West Virginia people and places.
  • Research outputs: technical reports, academic studies, training manuals, and curated datasets relevant to the state.

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Jurisdiction: search.filters.coverage.West VirginiaEnd date: 1889

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    An Ordinance Assessing Taxes for the City of Wheeling, in Wheeling Daily Intelligencer, April 7, 1856, at 2
    (1856)
    On every license to keep a pistol gallery, seventy-five dollars.
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    1889 W. Va. Acts 86
    (1889)
    Other Militia Not to Parade, etc., ch. 24-Relating to the Militia, § 13: The West Virginia National Guard shall consist of not exceeding twenty companies of infantry, which divided into regiments, shall constitute the West Virginia National Guard, and it shall not be lawful for anybody [sic] of men whatsoever, other than the regularly organized National Guard or militia or the troops of the United States, to associate themselves together as a military company or organization, or to parade in public with arms, in any city or town in the state, without the license of the governor therefor, which may at any time be revoked, nor shall it be lawful for any city or town to raise or appropriate any money towards arming, equipping, uniforming, or in any way supporting or sustaining or providing drill rooms or armories, for any such bodies of men.
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    The Code of West Virginia: Comprising Legislation to the Year 1870, at 703, ch. 153, §8
    (1870)
    Prohibited any person going armed with a deadly or dangerous weapon, without reasonable cause to fear violence. Individuals accused may be required to post a surety.
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    W. Va. Code 703, ch. 153, § 3(8) (1870)
    (1870)
    Ch. 153, § 3(8): "If any person go armed with a deadly or dangerous weapon, without reasonable cause to fear violence to his person, family, or property, he may be required to give a recognizance, with the right of appeal, as before provided, and like proceedings shall be had on such appeal."
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    W. Va. Code ch. 148, § 7 (1870)
    (1870)
    Prohibited the habitual conceal carry of any pistol, dirk, Bowie-knife, or weapon of like kind. Violators fined fifty dollars, informants receiving half the fine.
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    Code of West Virginia Comprising Legislation to the Year 1870, ch. 148, p. 692
    (1868)
    Prohibited habitually carrying concealed any pistol, dirk, Bowie-knife, or weapon of the like kind. Violators fined fifty dollars.
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    1882 W. Va. Code 897–98, ch. 148, §7 (1882)
    (1887)
    Prohibited the carry of any revolver or other pistol, dirk, Bowie-knife, razor, slung-shot, billy, metallic or other false knuckles, or any other dangerous or deadly weapon of like kind or character. Violators guilty of a misdemeanor, fined not less than twenty-five nor more than two hundred dollars.
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    1882 W. Va. Acts 421-22
    (1882)
    Ch. 148, § 7: Prohibited the carrying of a pistol, dirk, Bowie knife, razor, slungshot, billy, metallic or other false knuckles, or any other dangerous or deadly weapon. Also prohibited selling any such weapon to a minor. Punishable by fine of $25-200 and imprisonment of 1-12 months.
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    1882 W. Va. Acts 421-22
    (1882)
    Ch. 135, § 1: Prohibited the carrying of a pistol, dirk, Bowie knife, razor, slungshot, billy, metallic or other false knuckles, or any other dangerous or deadly weapon. Also prohibited selling any such weapon to a minor. Punishable by fine of $25-200 and imprisonment of 1-12 months.
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    W. Va. Code, ch. 153, §8 (1868)
    (1868)
    Required any person going armed with any dirk, dagger, sword, pistol, or other offensive and dangerous weapon to post a surety once a complaint was filed, having cause to fear an injury or breach of the peace. Appeals provided for the accused.