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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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    Acts and Laws of the State of Connecticut in America 144-50 (1786)
    (1788)
    "[A]ll male Persons, from sixteen Years of Age to Forty-five, shall constitute the Military Force of this State." Although not part of "the military force," all "Householders under fifty-five Years of Age" had to "be furnished at their own Expence" with the same arms as the militia. These arms were "a well fixed Musket, the Barrel not less than three Feet and an Half long, and a Bayonet fitted thereto, with a Sheath and Belt or Strap for the same." Militiamen, males under fifty-five, and householders also needed a ramrod, worm, priming-wire, and cartridge box with "fifteen rounds of Cartridges, made with good Musket Powder and Ball, fitting his Gun." Also needed were "six good Flints" and "one Canteen holding not less than three Pints." Light-Dragoons (horsemen) had to have "a Case of good Pistols…one Pound of good Powder, three Pounds of sizable Bullets, twelve Flints, a good pair of Boots and Spurs."
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    Franklin Bowditch Dexter, Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College: May 1745-May 1763, Annals 8 (1745)
    (1745)
    Prohibited any scholar from keeping or discharging a gun or pistol in the College.
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    15 The Public Records Of The Colony Of Connecticut 191 (Charles J. Hoadly ed., 1890) (enacted 1775)
    (1775)
    Prohibited the exportation of salt petre, nitre, or gun powder out of the colony by land or water. Violators fined twenty pounds for every hundred weight of salt petre, nitre, or gun powder.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.