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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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    1925 W. Va. Acts 30-31
    (1925)
    Ch. 3, § 7(b): Prohibited publicly displaying for rent or sale any revolver, pistol, dirk, Bowie knife, slungshot, other dangerous weapon, machine gun, submachine gun, or high powered rifle. Requires dealers to keep a register. Prohibited selling, renting, giving, or lending any of these weapons to an unnaturalized person.