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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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  • Item type:Item,
    Charter of the City of Jackson 68 (1867)
    (1867)
    Imposed a $5 tax on pistols and bowie-kives.
  • Item type:Item,
    1862 Miss. Laws 134
    (1861)
    Ch. 125: Prohibited any Sheriff or Tax-Collector to collect from any tax payer the tax previously assessed upon any Bowie-knife, sword-cane, or dirk-knife. None of the above items shall be given to tax assessors as taxable property.
  • Item type:Item,
    1841 Miss. Laws 52
    (1841)
    Ch. 1, § 1: Imposed an annual property tax of $1 on each Bowie knife.
  • Item type:Item,
    1857 Miss. Rev. Code 73
    (1856)
    Imposed an annual property tax of $1 on each Bowie knife, dirk knife, or sword cane.
  • Item type:Item,
    1850 Miss. Laws 43
    (1850)
    Imposed an annual property tax of 50 cents on each Bowie knife.