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Arkansas

This jurisdictional hub aggregates FRC holdings related to Arkansas. It supports research on the state’s firearms history, technology, law, policy, and culture from the territorial 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, manufacturing and timber/agricultural records, and oral histories tied to Arkansas people and places.
  • Research outputs: technical reports, academic studies, training manuals, and curated datasets relevant to the state.

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    1927 Ark. Acts 528
    (1927)
    § 7: Prohibited shooting fish with a gun or other instrument. Also prohibited throwing, dropping or exploding any dynamite or other explosive in the waters of the state.
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    1935 Ark. Acts 171-75
    (1935)
    Uniform Machine Gun Act, Act No. 80, §§ 1-14: Prohibited the possession of machine guns in crimes of violence, for offensive or aggressive purposes. The presence of a machine gun in any room, boat, or vehicle presumes ownership. Required registration of machine guns.
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    1931 Ark. Acts 705-06
    (1931)
    This law broadly restricts machine guns by prohibiting their transportation, sale, distribution, and possession, including allowing others to store or keep them. It also requires that any machine guns be registered with the Secretary of State. Anyone who violates these provisions faces fines ranging from $100 to $1,000.
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    1907 Ark. Acts 810
    (1907)
    Prohibited aiding and abetting of every person who shall draw a pistol, gun, or other deadly weapon upon any other person or shall serve or give notice either verbal or in writing to any other person or shall place notice upon the door or about the premises of any other person for the purpose of frightening or intimidating him from doing any lawful act.Violators guilty of a misdemeanor, fined not less than five hundred nor more than one thousand dollars and imprisoned in county jail for twelve months.
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    1909 Ark. Acts 810
    (1909)
    Prohibited any person, firm, or corporation from giving away, selling, offering for sale, making, or manufacturing any toy pistol, fire cracker, or gun that shoots blank cartridges. Also prohibited receiving, owning, carrying, or shooting any such item.