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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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  • 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,
    1 The General Statutes of Connecticut: Revision of 1930, at 903 (1930)
    (1930)
    Dealing in Explosives; License., ch. 147, § 2644: Dealing in Explosives; License., ch. 147, § 2644: Prohibited the manufacture, storage, sale, or dealing in gunpowder or any material defined as an explosive in § 2638
  • 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.