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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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    By-Laws of the City of New Haven 15 (1840)
    (1827)
    Title XI - Gunpowder: Prohibited, directly or indirectly, selling or delivering any gunpowder, or to have, store, or keep any quantity of gunpowder greater than one pound weight. The Court of Common Council shall have the power to license the sale, having, storing, and keeping gunpowder up to seven pounds in weight, and stored in a tin canister.
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    Conn. Const. art. I, § 15
    (1818)
    Declared every citizen has a right to bear arms in defence of himself and the State.
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    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.
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    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."