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.
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Item type:Item, 1923 Conn. Pub. Acts 3707-10(1923)An Act Concerning the Possession, Sale and Use of Pistols and Revolvers, ch. 252, § 5: Prohibited the sale of any pistol or revolver in any location not described in the permit allowing such sales. Prohibited the sale or delivery of any pistol or revolver unless the purchase or recipient of such pistol or revolver is personally known to the vendor.Item type:Item, 1923 Conn. Pub. Acts 3667(1923)Ch. 222, § 67: Restricted the use of rifle ranges affiliated with the NRA on Sundays to the hours of one and six in the afternoon.Item type:Item, 1923 Conn. Acts 3732(1923)Unnaturalized Persons, ch. 259, § 17: Prohibited noncitizens from owning or possessing any shotgun or rifle; violators subject to confiscation and resale of gun by state upon conviction.Item type:Item, 1927 Conn. Acts 4286(1927)An Act Concerning The Use of Shot Guns on Sundays by Members of Gun Clubs, ch. 214: Extended § 67 of chapter 222 of 1923 Conn. Pub. Acts to apply to gun clubs affiliated with the NRA and members of such gun clubs using shot guns. The extension restricts the use of shotguns at rifle ranges on Sundays to the hours of one and six in the afternoon. Does not allow hunting on Sundays.Item type:Item, 1861 Conn. Acts 95(1861)An Act In Addition To And In Alteration Of "An Act Relating To The Militia," chap. 73, § 8: Required the quarter-master general to provide a suitable armory for each company of active militia which has organized according to law.Item type:Item, 1901 Conn. Pub. Acts 29(1901)§10: Created a presumption that any person with a gun, trap, or snare on any state game preserve, is in violation of the prohibition of hunting certain animals.Item type:Item, 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.Item type:Item, 1864 Conn. Acts 95(1864)An Act In Addition To And In Alteration Of "An Act Relating To The Militia," chap. 73, § 8: It shall be the duty of the quartermaster general to provide a suitable armory for each company of active militia, upon a certificate from the adjutant general, that such company has organized according to law, and has made requisition for an armory, through the commanding officer of said company, as a drill room and place to preserve its arms and equipments; and also to provide for the expenses of cleaning and keeping in good repair the said arms and equipments, in such manner as he may prescribe.Item type:Item, 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.Item type:Item, 1911 Conn. Pub. Acts 1357(1911)An Act Concerning the Use of Explosives in Connection with the Crime of Burglary, ch. 98: Prohibited entering any building with the intent to commit any crime therein or attempt open any vault, safe, or other secure place by the use of nitro-glycerin, dynamite, gunpowder, or any other explosive. Violators imprisoned not more than thirty years.Item type:Item, 1 Henry Dutton, A Revision of Swift's Digest of the Laws of Connecticut 564 (1871)(1871)A person, before he trusts a gun with an incautious person, is bound to render it perfectly innoxious.Item type:Item, 1872 Conn. Pub. Acts 108(1872)An Act in Addition to an Act for the Preservation of Game, chap. 115, § 2: Prohibited killing any wild duck, goose, or brant with any instrument known as a punt gun or swivel, or any other such guns as are habitually raised at arms' length and fired from the shoulder. Also prohibited attempt to capture said animals with said instruments, or any other instrument or gun other than such guns aforesaid.Item type:Item, 1862 Conn. Acts 76(1862)An Act In Addition To "An Act to Provide For the Organization And Equipment Of A Volunteer Militia, And To Provide For the Public Defense," chap. 68, § 34: Required brigade inspectors to annual inspect armories and gun houses of the companies belonging to their brigades. Inspectors shall also inspect the rooms occupied by regimental bands.Item type:Item, 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.Item type:Item, 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.Item type:Item, Conn. Const. art. I, § 15(1818)Declared every citizen has a right to bear arms in defence of himself and the State.Item type:Item, 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.Item type:Item, 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.Item type:Item, 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.Item type:Item, 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.Item type:Item, 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.Item type:Item, 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.Item type:Item, 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."Item type:Item, 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.Item type:Item, 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.