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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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    Compilation of the Ordinances of the City of St. Augustine 53 (1884)
    (1878-04-28)
    Imposed a $25 license tax on dealers of pistols, bowie-knives, and dirks.
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    1838 Fla. Terr. Acts 36
    (1838)
    Ch. 24: Required prospective vendors of dirks, pocket pistols, sword canes, or Bowie knives to pay an annual two-hundred dollar tax. Individuals who wish to carry the previously listed weapons are required to pay a ten dollar tax.
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    1895 Fla. Laws 14
    (1895)
    No merchant, store-keeper or dealer shall keep for sale or sell pistols, Springfield rifles, repeating rifles, bowie knives or dirk knives, without first paying a license tax of ten dollars; Provided, Said pistols, Springfield rifles, repeating rifles, bowie knives or dirk knives, shall not be sold to minors.