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Florida

This jurisdictional hub aggregates FRC holdings related to Florida. It supports research on the state’s firearms history, technology, law, policy, and culture from the Spanish and British colonial periods through territorial years, statehood, and 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, military and maritime records, and oral histories tied to Florida people and places.
  • Research outputs: technical reports, academic studies, training manuals, and curated datasets relevant to the state.

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    1931 Fla. Laws 2069
    (1931)
    § 7: Granted the Village the authority to license, tax, regulate, and prohibit explosives, guns, pistol, and other weapons.
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    1921 Fla. Laws 307
    (1921)
    An Act to Protect the Birds and Wild Life of the County of Orange and State of Florida and to Prevent the Hunting of Same During the Closed Season, ch. 8781, § 2: Prohibited anyone carrying a gun in the woods, field, or on the water such as those generally used for hunting game or having a gun during the closed season. Violators subject to arrest, fine, and imprisonment.
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    1927 Fla. Laws 211-12
    (1927)
    Granted the city council the authority to prohibit and regulate the carrying of dirks, metal knuckles, or other dangerous weapons which are not firearms
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    1923 Fla. Laws 431-32
    (1923)
    An Act for the Protection of Person Who Use Shot-guns in the Pursuit of Game and for Sport . . ., ch. 9340, § 1: Prohibited the sale of any shot gun shells, divested of their interstate character, which do not plainly print on the box the character, quality, and quantity of powder contained in such shells.
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    1933 Fla. Laws 623
    (1933)
    An Act to Prevent Throwing of Bombs and the Discharge of Machine Guns Upon, or Across Any Public Road in the State of Florida . . ., ch. 16111, § 1: Prohibited throwing a bomb or shooting a machine gun across or along a street or highway, any public park or place where people assemble with the intent to do bodily harm. Punishable by death.