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Virginia

This jurisdictional hub aggregates FRC holdings related to Virginia. It supports research on the Commonwealth’s firearms history, technology, law, policy, and culture from the colonial period through statehood to the present.

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

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    1805 Va. Acts 51
    (1805)
    An Act Concerning Free Negroes and Mulatoes: That no free negro or mulato shall be suffered to keep or carry any firelock of any kind? without first obtaining a license from the court?
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    1803 Va. Acts 187
    (1792)
    Ch. 103, §§ 8-9: Prohibited any "negro or mulatto" from possessing or carrying a gun, powder, shot, club, or other weapon.
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    1806 Va. Acts 51
    (1806)
    Ch. 94: Required every "free negro or mulatto" to first obtain a license before carrying or keeping "any fire-lock of any kind, any military weapon, or any powder or lead."
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    1819 Va. Code 423
    (1819)
    Ch. 111 §§ 7-8: Prohibited "free negro or mulatto" from keeping or carrying any kind of firelock, military weapon, powder, or lead without a license from a court.
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    13 William Waller Hening, Stat. at Large; Being a Collection of all the Laws of Virginia 355 (1823)
    (1792)
    An act for regulating the militia of this Commonwealth: "All arms, ammunition, and equipments of the militia, shall be exempted from executions and distresses at all times?"