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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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    Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 2, ch. 26, § 24 (1871)
    (1871)
    Allowed municipal officers to regulate storage or transportation of gun powder. Also allowed municipal officers to enter any building with a search warrant to find concealed articles contrary to regulations..
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    1821 Me. Laws 98
    (1821)
    An Act for the Prevention of Damage by Fire, and the Safe Keeping of Gun Powder, chap. 25, § 1: Prohibited any person from possessing any gunpowder, in any quantity, unless permitted by local rules and regulations.
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    1821 Me. Laws 98-99
    (1821)
    Ch. 25, § 5: An Act for the Prevention of Damage by Fire, and the Safe Keeping of Gun Powder: Authorized local "selectmen" to search for gun powder, which they may have reason to suppose to be concealed or kept, contrary to the rules and regulations which shall be established in such town, according to the provisions of this Act, first having obtained a search warrant therefor according to law.