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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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    The Code of Lynchburg 116 (Thomas D. Davis ed., 1887)
    (1887)
    Prohibited discharge of any gun, pistol, other fire-arm, fireworks, or popcrackers without written consent of the mayor, or fire any cannon within one hundred yards of any dwelling-house. Violators fined not less than one dollar but no more than ten dollars.
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    1881 Va. Acts 499
    (1881)
    Extra Session, ch. 119, § 1, pt. 18: Taxed the aggregate value of all shot-guns, rifles, muskets, and other fire-arms, Bowie-knives, dirks, and other weapons of a similar kind. Applied to all males over the age of twenty one.
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    1883-84 Va. Acts 180
    (1884)
    Ch. 143, § 1: Prohibited the concealed carry of any pistol, dirk, bowie-knife, razor, slung-shot, or any weapon of the like kind. Violators fined not less than twenty but no more than one hundred dollars. Violators also punished with confiscation of the weapon.
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    Thomas D. Davis, The Code of the City of Lynchburg 117 (1887)
    (1887)
    Section 19: Vehicles carrying explosives (gunpowder, blasting powder, dynamite) must secure them in kegs, boxes, or canisters to prevent spilling or escaping. Section 20: Limits vehicles carrying over 25 lbs (or one keg/case) of explosives to maximum stays of 2 hours within city limits and 30 minutes on public streets or sidewalks. Daytime transport from storage facilities to supply merchants or wholesalers is permitted as needed.
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    Thomas D. Davis, The Code of the City of Lynchburg 116 (1887)
    (1887)
    Prohibited fireworks, firecrackers, and firearm discharge within city limits, restricted cannon firing, and imposed $1–$10 fines. It limited possession of gunpowder or explosives to 10 pounds, except for licensed retailers, who could store up to 50 pounds in secure metal containers.
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    2 Va. Code, tit. 40, ch. 185, § 4695 (1919)
    (1889)
    Prohibited transfer "to any minor under sixteen years of age, cigarettes, or pistols, or dirks, or bowie knives."
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    1881-82 Va. Acts 233, ch. 219, § 1
    (1881)
    Prohibited the conceal carry of any pistol, dirk, Bowie-knife, or any weapon of the like kind. Violators fined not more than fifty dollars, nor less than fifteen dollars.
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    1885-86 Va. Acts 275
    (1885)
    Ch. 258, § 10: Any person who shall willfully destroy, injure or remove any tombstone or monument placed in the said cemetery . . . or shall shoot of or discharge any gun, pistol or other firearm within the said enclosure, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than five dollars. . .