Connecticut

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Connecticut

This jurisdictional hub aggregates FRC holdings related to Connecticut. It supports research on the state’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, armory and manufacturing records (e.g., Hartford–New Haven corridor), and oral histories tied to Connecticut people and places.
Research outputs: technical reports, academic studies, training manuals, and curated datasets relevant to the state.

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1858 Conn. Acts 62
(1858)
An Act in Addition to and in Alteration of "An Act For Forming And Conducting The Military Force," chap. 82, § 5: Prohibited the creation of any booth, shed, tent, or other temporary erection for the sale of intoxicating liquors or spirits within one mile of any military parade ground, muster field, or encampment. Also prohibited any such structure for the purposes of gambling. Any such structure shall be first warned to vacate immediately. Violators will be declared a nuisance, with authorities given permission to pull down or destroy said structure.
1859 Conn. Acts 62
(1858)
An Act In Addition To And In Alteration Of "An Act For Forming And Conducting The Military Force," chap. 82, § 7: Required the quarter-master general to inspect armories and gun houses of the several companies and regimental bands, and report the condition of the same. Also required the reporting on which companies are entitled to the allowance for armory rent.
The Public Records Of The State Of Connecticut: From May 1778 to April 1780, at 271-272 (Charles J. Hoadley ed., 1895)
(1779)
Prohibiting challenging another to fight with a sword, pistol, rapier, or other dangerous weapon. The person challenging shall forfeit one thousand pounds and give sureties for good behavior during life. Violators also prohibited from holding any office of "profit or honor under this State." Failure to pay the fine shall lead to imprisonment for one full year.
1799 Conn. Acts 511-13
(1799)
Imposed fines for non-appearance of militia muster and deficiencies of Arms, An Act For The Militia, § 4: Ammunition, and Accoutrements. Violators of non-appearance as NCOs, drummers, fifers, or trumpeters at three dollars for each day's battalion or regiment exercise. The same fined at one dollar and fifty cents for company exercise and inspection. Privates fined at two dollars for non-appearance on days of regimental or battalion exercises. For neglect, privates fined at one dollar per day. For deficiencies in each gun or pair of pistol, violators fined seventy-five cents. For deficiencies in each sword, bayonets, or cartridge boxes, violators fined fifty cents.For other articles required by law, violators fined twenty-five cents.
Conn. Const. art. I, § 15
(1818)
Declared every citizen has a right to bear arms in defence of himself and the State.
An Act for regulating and ordering the Troops that are, or may be raised, for the Defence of this Colony, Article 19 (11 May, 1775)
(1775)
When a commissioned officer is found drunk on duty, he shall be dismissed from service dishonorably. Non-commissioned officers and soldiers shall be sentenced according to a regimental court-martial.
Revision of 1875: The General Statutes of the State of Connecticut, with the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States, and the Constitution of Connecticut 529 (1875)
(1832)
§ 27: individuals who refuse to remove any gun-powder when legally requests by the selectmen of the town where the powder is deposited or kept shall forfeit fifty dollars.
1784 Conn. Acts 18
(1784)
An Act For The Punishment of Burglary And Robbery: Prohibited the burglary of any dwelling house or shop where goods, wares, and merchandise are deposited. Also prohibited robbery of any person in the Field of Highway through abuse, force, violence, or doing so armed with any dangerous armour or weapon. Violators punished with death.
1847 Conn. Acts 11
(1847)
An Act Relating To Cemeteries, chap. 9: Prohibited the discharge of any gun or other firearm within any cemetery. Violators fined not exceeding one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding six months, or both at the discretion of the court.
1832 Conn. Acts 391-92
(1832)
An Act Regulating the Mode Of Keeping Of Gunpowder, Chap. 25, § 1-2: Empowered the select-men of each and eer town within the state to remove quantities of gunpowder from the limits of their town to a place specified in the select-men's order as safe and convenient.
H. Huntington Jr., The Public Statute Laws of the State of Connecticut 105 (1824)
(1824)
§ 52: Prohibited challenging another, or accepting any such challenge, to duel with a sword, pistol, rapier, or other dangerous weapon. Violators fined a sum of three thousand dollars and required to give sureties for good behavior during life, and be disabled from holding any office of profit or honor. Inability to pay the fine shall lead to one year imprisonment.
1 Zephaniah Swift, A Digest of the Laws of the State of Connecticut 552 (1822)
(1822)
Chapter X, Trespass on the Case: Required guns to be made innoxious before transferring to an "incautious person."
1672-1714 Conn. Acts 3
(1714)
Prohibited falsely alarming the colony by firing any gun or guns, at any time between the shutting in the Evening or break of day. Violators fined five pounds or two months imprisonment, or other Corporal punishment.
1775 Conn. Acts 413
(1775)
Provided that a sufficient supply of arms to be procured for the benefit of inhabitants of households and other persons not on the militia roll. Every person for whom any arm shall be impressed shall be paid four shilling for its use. Users shall be fined four shilling if they lose the arm.
1723 Conn. Acts 292
(1723)
Prohibited the prosecution of "any Indian" for gun or ammunition except by a particular Court, requiring the guns be forfeited.

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