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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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    1838 Ark. Rev. Stat. 587
    (1838)
    § 18: Provided that every gun, rifle, weapon of any kind, ammunition found in the possession of any "free negro or mulatto" not having a license may be seized and violators fined not exceeding twenty dollars.
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    1838 Ark Rev. Stat. 733-34
    (1837)
    § 23: Prohibited possession of offensive or defensive weapon without written permission of his master. Violators shall have the weapon seized and whipped not exceeding thirty stripes.