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Mississippi

This jurisdictional hub aggregates FRC holdings related to Mississippi. 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, river trade and port records, agricultural and manufacturing archives, Civil War and Reconstruction collections, and oral histories tied to Mississippi people and places.
  • Research outputs: technical reports, academic studies, training manuals, and curated datasets relevant to the state.

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    1837 Miss. Laws 736-37
    (1837)
    An Act To Prevent The Evil Practice Of Dueling In This State And For Other Purposes, § 5: Prohibited the use of any rifle, shotgun, sword cane, pistol, dirk, dirk knife, Bowie knife, or any other deadly weapon in a fight in which one of the combatants was killed, and the exhibition of any dirk, dirk knife, Bowie knife, sword, sword cane, or other deadly weapon in a rude or threatening manner that was not in necessary self-defense. Punishable by liability to decedent and a fine of up to $500 and imprisonment for up to 3 months.
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