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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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    1925 W. Va. Acts 25
    (1925)
    Prohibited unlicensed carrying of a pistol, dirk, Bowie knife, slungshot, razor, billy, metallic or other false knuckles, or any other dangerous or deadly weapon. Punishable by imprisonment for 6-12 months for the first offense, and for 1-5 years for subsequent offenses, and in either case, a fine of $50-200.
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    1909 W.Va. Acts 479-80
    (1909)
    Ch. 60, § 19: The carrying of any uncased gun in any of the fields or woods of this state, by any person not having the lawful right to hunt, pursue or kill game, birds or animals in such fields or woods shall, as to such person, other than the bona fide owner, or owners of such fields or woods, his or their child or children, tenant or tenants, lessee or lessees, be deemed prima facie evidence of a violation of this section
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    1891 W. Va. Code 915-16
    (1891)
    Ch. 148, § 7: If a person carry about his person 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, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and fined not less than twenty-five nor more than two hundred dollars, and may, at the discretion of the court, be confined in jail not less than one nor more than twelve months; and if any person shall sell or furnish any such weapon as is hereinbefore mentioned to a person whom he knows, or has reason, from his appearance or otherwise, to believe to be under the age of twenty-one years, he shall be punished as hereinbefore provided
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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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    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.