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Vermont

This jurisdictional hub aggregates FRC holdings related to Vermont. It supports research on the state’s firearms history, technology, law, policy, and culture from the colonial and Republic of Vermont periods through statehood to the present.

  • Legal sources: statutes and session laws, administrative rules, attorney general opinions, appellate decisions, and select municipal ordinances.
  • Historical materials: newspapers, photographs, maps, catalogs, militia and frontier records, manufacturing and forestry archives, and oral histories tied to Vermont people and places.
  • Research outputs: technical reports, academic studies, training manuals, and curated datasets relevant to the state.

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    1908 Vt. Acts & Resolves 132-33
    (1908)
    No. 147, § 1: No person shall at any time hunt, shoot, pursue, take or kill any of the wild animals, wild fowl or birds of this state, nor use a gun for hunting the same, without having first procured a license therefor as hereinafter provided, and then only during the respective periods of the year when it shall be lawful, and subject to all the provisions of chapter 220 of the Public Statutes
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    1915 Vt. Acts & Resolves 344
    (1915)
    No. 205, §§ 1-2: A person who uses a slungshot, black jack, brass knuckles or similar weapons against another person, or attempts so to do, or is found in possession of a slungshot, black§ jack, brass knuckles, or similar weapon, with intent so to use it, shall be imprisoned in the state prison not more than five years. A person who within the state manufactures or causes to be manufactured, or sells or gives away or parts with, or offers so to do, or keeps for sale or gift, a slungshot, black§ jack, brass knuckles, or similar weapons, shall be imprisoned not more than two years or fined not more than five hundred dollars nor less than two hundred dollars."
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    1912 Vt. Acts & Resolves 261
    (1912)
    No. 201, Pt. 2, § 16(b): Prohibited the setting of any spring gun for the purpose of taking animals. Punishable by a fine of $50-500 and liability for twice the amount of damage resulting from the trap.
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    1919 Vt. Acts and Resolves 136
    (1919)
    No. 128, § 1: It shall be unlawful to transport, carry or convey from one place in this state to another place in this state, any dynamite, gunpowder, or other explosive on any vessel or vehicle of any description operated by a common carrier, which vessel or vehicle is carrying passengers for hire[.]
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    1912 Vt. Acts and Resolves 310
    (1912)
    No. 237, §1: A person who manufactures, sells, or uses, or possesses with intent to sell or use, an appliance known as or used for a gun silencer shall be fined twenty-five dollars for each offense. This act shall not prevent the use or possession of gun silencers for military purposes when so used or possessed under proper military authority and restriction.
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    1900 Vt. Acts and Resolves 210
    (1900)
    No. 178, § 10, pt. 15: To regulate and restrain the use and sale of rockets, squibs, fire-crackers, toy pistols, or other fire-works within the village, also guns, cannon and explosives.
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    1912 Vt. Acts and Resolves 306
    (1912)
    No. 229, §§ 1-2: A person, other than a parent or guardian, who sells or furnishes to a minor under the age of sixteen years a firearm or other dangerous weapon, shall be fined not more than fifty dollars nor less than ten dollars. This section shall not apply to an instructor or teacher who furnishes military weapons to pupils for instruction and drill. § 2. A child under the age of sixteen years who, without the consent of his parent or guardian, has in his possession or control a pistol or revolver constructed or designed for the use of gunpowder or other explosive substance with leaden ball or shot shall be fined not more than twenty dollars.
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    1900 Vt. Acts and Resolves 145
    (1900)
    No. 162, § 42: Said board of fire wardens may inspect the manner of manufacturing and keeping gun powder, lime, ashes, matches, lights, fireworks or combustibles[.]