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Maine

This jurisdictional hub aggregates FRC holdings related to Maine. It supports research on the state’s firearms history, technology, law, policy, and culture from the colonial and district-of-Massachusetts periods 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, maritime, forestry, and manufacturing records, and oral histories tied to Maine people and places.
  • Research outputs: technical reports, academic studies, training manuals, and curated datasets relevant to the state.

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    Seth L. Haarrabee, The Charter and Ordinances of the City of Portland, Maine 136 (1892)
    (1892)
    § 4: No person shall sell to any child under the age of sixteen years, without the written consent of a parent or guardian of such child, any blank cartridge, or any pistol, or mechanical contrivance specially arranged or designed for the explosion of the same and any person violating the provisions of this ordinance shall be liable to a penalty of not less than fifty, and not exceeding one hundred dollars, to be recovered on complaint to the use of the City of Portland.
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    Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 11, ch. 128, § 12 (1884)
    (1883)
    Whoever has in his possession a toy pistol for the explosion of percussion caps, or blank cartridges, with intent to sell it, or sells or offers to sell or give it away, shall be fined not less than five nor more than one hundred dollars, and shall be liable for all damages resulting from such selling, or giving away, to be recovered in an action on the case.
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    Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 11, ch. 130, § 10 (1884)
    (1884)
    Prohibited the carrying of a dirk, dagger, sword, pistol, or other offensive and dangerous weapon without reasonable cause to fear an assault.
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    1891 Me. Laws 156 (as amended by 1895 Me. Laws 200)
    (1891)
    Elias Dudley Freeman, An Act to Establish a Bounty on Seals: Laws of 1891, c. 139, p. 156, as amended by laws of 1895, c. 168, p. 200. §§ 1-2: A bounty of one dollar for each and every seal killed in the waters of this state shall be paid by the treasurer of the town in which such seal is killed, to the person exhibiting to said treasurer the nose of such seal within thirty days after said seal was killed. Such treasurer shall destroy it and shall then proceed as in sections six and seven of chapter thirty of the revised statutes. § 2. The carcasses of such seals when destroyed shall not be left derelict in any waters of the state, but shall be removed therefrom and properly disposed of by the person destroying them; provided however, that it shall be unlawful during the months of June, July, and August to destroy seal in the waters of Casco bay by shooting with rifle or other long range weapon, which might endanger human life, under a penalty for a violation of either of the provisions of this section, of fifty dollars, to be recovered upon complaint or indictment before any court of competent jurisdiction.
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    1880 Me. Laws 212-213
    (1880)
    An Act to Punish Tramps, ch. 213, §§ 1-2: Any tramp who shall enter any dwelling house, or kindle any fire in the highway or on the land of another, without the consent of the owner or occupant thereof, or shall be found carrying any fire-arm or other dangerous weapon, or shall threaten to do any injury to any person, or to the real or personal estate of another, shall be punished by imprisonment at hard labor in the state prison not more than two years."