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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,
    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,
    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.