Arkansas
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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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Item type:Item, Ordinance 21, in Green Forest Tribune, May 11, 1899, at 1(1899)Prohibited the sale, barter, exchange, disposal or furnishing, or keeps any dirk, Bowie-knife, sword or spear in a cane, brass or metal knuckles, or any kind of pistol or cartridge. Violators guilty of a misdemeanor.Item type:Item, E.W. Rector, Digest of the Laws and Ordinances of the City of Hot Springs 61 (1887)(1887)Prohibited the carry of gun powder, giant powder, dynamite, nitro-glycerine or blasting powder on any vehicle in any part of the city unless secured in kegs, boxes, or canisters capable of preventing leakage of the materials and covered in sheets of canvas or other clothesItem type:Item, John H. Herry, Digest of the Laws and Ordinances of the City of Little Rock, with the Constitution of the State of Arkansas; General Incorporation Laws; and All Acts of the General Assembly Relating to the City 149 (1882)(1881)Required a payment and license for the operation of a shooting gallery or pistol gallery. Payment set at twenty-five dollars per year.Item type:Item, John H. Cherry, Digest of the Laws and Ordinances of the City of Little Rock 168, § 399.(1882)Prohibited carrying of a pistol, revolver, Bowie knife, dirk, rifle, shot gun, slungshot, colt, or metal knuckles while engaged in a breach of the peace. Punishable by a fine of $25-500.Item type:Item, John H. Cherry, Digest of the Laws and Ordinances of the City of Little Rock, with the Constitution of the State of Arkansas; General Incorporation Laws; and All Acts of the General Assembly Relating to the City 168 (1882)(1882)Prohibited the concealed carry of any pistol, colt, slung-shot, cross-knuckles, knuckles of lead, brass, or other metal, or Bowie-knife, dirk-knife, dirk, dagger, any knife resembling a Bowie-knife, or any other dangerous or deadly weapon. Violators guilty of a misdemeanor, fined not less than ten nor more than twenty-five dollars, and double that sum for each subsequent offense.Item type:Item, George Eugene Dodge, A Digest of the Laws and Ordinances of the City of Little Rock, with the Constitution of State of Arkansas, General Incorporation Laws, and All Acts of the General Assembly Relating to the City 176 (1871)(1871)This law adds an extra penalty for anyone who commits or provokes a breach of the peace while carrying weapons such as pistols, knives, or metal knuckles. If a person is found to have had such a weapon during the offense, they must pay an additional fine of at least $25 on top of the punishment for the disturbance. Repeat offenses result in doubled fines for each subsequent violation.Item type:Item, 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.Item type:Item, 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.Item type:Item, 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.Item type:Item, 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.Item type:Item, 1 William W. Mansfield, A Digest of the Statutes of Arkansas: Embracing All Laws of a General and Permanent Character in Force at the Close of the Session of the General Assembly of One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eighty-Three 490, § 1909 (1884)(1884)Prohibited the sale, barter, exchange, disposal or furnishing, or keeps any dirk, Bowie-knife, sword or spear in a cane, brass or metal knuckles, or any kind of pistol or cartridge. Violators guilty of a misdemeanor.Item type:Item, 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.Item type:Item, 1881 Ark. Acts 191-92(1881)Prohibited the carrying of any dirk, Bowie knife, sword, spear cane, metal knuckles, razor, or any pistol (except pistols that are used in the Army or Navy if carried openly in the hand). Prohibited selling, bartering, exchanging, disposing of, or furnishing any dirk, Bowie-knife, sword, spear-cane, brass or metal knuckles, any pistol, or any cartridge for any pistol. Violators guilty of a misdemeanor.Item type:Item, 1874-75 Ark. Acts 156-57(1875)Prohibited the carrying in public of any "pistol, gun, knife, dirk, bludgeon, or other offensive weapon, with intent to assault any person." Punishable by a fine of $25-100.