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California

This jurisdictional hub aggregates FRC holdings related to California. It supports research on the state’s firearms history, technology, law, policy, and culture from the Spanish and Mexican periods 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, defense and aerospace industry records, law-enforcement and sporting archives, and oral histories tied to California people and places.
  • Research outputs: technical reports, academic studies, training manuals, and curated datasets relevant to the state.

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    S. Garfielde, Compiled Laws of the State of California 643-44 (1853)
    (1850)
    Ch. 125, div. 4, §§ 40-41: Prohibited dueling. Should the opponent be killed, violators and their seconds shall be punished in state prison for a term not less than one year but no more than five years.
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    Theodore H. Hittell, The General Laws of the State of California, from 1850 to 1864, Inclusive 261 (1872)
    (1864)
    § 1585 [§1]: Prohibited the concealed carrying of any dirk, pistol, sword cane, slungshot, or "other dangerous or deadly weapon." Exempted any peace officer or officer acting under the law of the United States. Punishable by imprisonment for 30-90 days or fine of $20-200.
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    1863 Cal. Stat. 748
    (1863)
    Prohibited the concealed carry of any dirk, pistol, sword in a cane, slung-shot, or other dangerous or deadly weapon, concealed. Violators guilty of a misdemeanor, imprisoned not less than thirty nor more than ninety days, or fined not less than twenty nor more than two hundred dollars.
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    1864 Cal. Stat. 115
    (1864)
    Prohibited the concealed carrying of any dirk, pistol, sword cane, slungshot, or "other dangerous or deadly weapon." Exempted any peace officer or officer acting under the law of the United States. Punishable by imprisonment for 30-90 days or fine of $20-200.
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    1855 Cal. Stat. 152-53
    (1855)
    Ch. 127, §§ 1-3: Provided that a person who killed another in a duel with "a rifle, shot-gun, pistol, bowie-knife, dirk, small-sword, back-sword or other dangerous weapon" would pay the decedent's debts and be liable to the decedent's family for liquidated damages.
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    S. Garfielde, Compiled Laws of the State of California 663-64 (1853)
    (1850)
    Ch. 125, div. 11, § 127: Prohibited the carry of a pistol, gun, knife, dirk, bludgeon, or other offensive weapon with intent to assault. Violators punished by fine not to exceed one hundred dollars or imprisonment no more than three months.
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    William H. R. Wood, Digest of the Laws of California 334 (1861)
    (1861)
    Art. 1904: Prohibited the display of any dirk, dirk-knife, Bowie knife, sword, sword cane, pistol, gun, or other deadly weapon in a threatening manner, or use of such weapon in a fight. Punishable by a fine of $100-500 or imprisonment for 1-6 months.