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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.

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  • Research outputs: technical reports, academic studies, training manuals, and curated datasets relevant to the state.

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    Concerning Firearms, in Alameda Encinal, May 3, 1882, at 3
    (1882)
    Prohibited firing firearms, pistols, or cannons on streets, wharves, or private property without owner consent, punishable by up to a $50 fine, 25 days' imprisonment, or both.
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    Charter and Ordinances of the City of Stockton 240 (1908)
    (1891)
    Ordinance No. 53: Prohibited the wear or concealed carry of any pistol, dirk, Bowie-Knife, slungshot, sand-club, metallic knuckles, or any other dangerous or deadly weapon.
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    San Francisco Municipal Reports for the Fiscal Year 1874-5, Ending June 30, 1875, at 887 (1875)
    (1872)
    Prohibited the carry or discharge of firearms within Golden Gate and Buena Vista park.
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    1874 Cal. Stat. 465
    (1874)
    An Act For the Protection of the Property At East Park, in Sacramento County, ch. CCCXXI (311), § 1: Prohibited discharge of any gun, pistol, or firearm within the grounds of East park of Sacramento
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    Charter and Revised Ordinances of the City of Los Angeles 39 (1873)
    (1873)
    Prohibited discharge of any gun, pistol, rifle, or other description of fire-arms, or discharge of any air-gun within city fire limits. Violators fined give dollars for the first offence, ten dollars for the second offense, and not more than fifty dollars and imprisonment not exceeding ten days on the third offense.
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    Ordinance No. 6, in The Fresno Republican, November 7, 1885, at 3
    (1885)
    Prohibited the discharge of firearms within the corporate limits of the city. Violators guilty of a misdemeanor. Also prohibited the concealed carry of any pistol, firearm, slung-shot, dirk, Bowie-knife, or other deadly weapon.
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    1878 Cal Stat. 117
    (1878)
    An Act Amending Section Four Hundred and Fifteen of the Penal Code, in Relation to Crimes Against The Public Peace, ch. CCXCIX, § 1: Prohibited discharge of any gun or pistol in an unincorporated town. Violators fined not exceeding two hundred dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding ninety days, or both fine and imprisonment.