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United Kingdom

This jurisdictional hub aggregates FRC holdings related to the United Kingdom. It supports research on firearms history, technology, law, policy, and culture from the early modern period through the present.

  • Legal sources: Acts of Parliament, Statutory Instruments, Home Office circulars and guidance, appellate case law, and select local bylaws.
  • Historical materials: newspapers, photographs, maps, catalogs, Board of Ordnance and War Office records, proof house registers (London and Birmingham), manufacturer archives (e.g., Enfield, BSA, Webley), and oral histories tied to UK people and places.
  • Research outputs: technical reports, academic studies, training manuals, and curated datasets relevant to the UK.

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    Laws of King Alfred the Great, A.D. Cir. 890, Cap. 38
    (890)
    Prohibited fighting, drawing weapons at meetings in the presence of an alderman of the King. Violators fined one hundred and twenty shillings. Violators in the presence of an official subordinate of the alderman are fined thirty shillings.
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    Laws of King Alfred the Great, A.D. Cir. 890, Cap. 7
    (890)
    Prohibited fighting in the King's Hall or drawing weapons. Violators may be put to death by the King. Violators who escape may be punished and fined according "to the nature of the outrage he has perpetrated.