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This top community organizes Firearms Research Center holdings by jurisdiction. It provides separate collections for U.S. states, territories, the District of Columbia, and the federal jurisdiction, spanning the territorial period to the present.

Scope of Content

  • Legal sources: statutes and session laws, administrative code, attorney general opinions, appellate decisions, and selected municipal ordinances.
  • Historical materials: newspapers, photographs, maps, catalogs, company records, and oral histories tied to specific places and periods.
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  • Browse: open a jurisdiction collection to view items for that state, territory, DC, or the federal jurisdiction.
  • Search: use keywords and filter by Jurisdiction, Date Issued, and Category. Record any Exceptions noted for applicability.
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Items are described using Dublin Core with standardized fields for Jurisdiction, Date Issued, Category, and Exceptions to support precise discovery and comparison.

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Jurisdiction: search.filters.coverage.DelawareStart date: 1910

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    37 Del. Laws 813 (1931)
    (1931)
    Ch. 249, § 1: Prohibited a person from possessing a machine gun. Punishable by fine and/or imprisonment.
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    Game and Fish Laws of the State of Delaware 16 (1927)
    (1927)
    § 2381A. Sec. 24A: Prohibited the use of any silencer or noise-reducing contrivance on any gun, rifle, or firearm when hunting game or fowl. Violators fined twenty dollars for each offense.
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    26 Del. Laws 28-29 (1911)
    (1911)
    § 2: Prohibited the sale of any pistol, revolver, pistol cartridges, revolver cartridges, stiletto, steel or brass knuckles, or other deadly weapons made especially for the defense of one's person, without having a license labeled "Special License to Sell Deadly Weapons." § 3: Prohibited the sale of firearms, ammunition, and other deadly weapons to minors and incompetent persons.
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    30 Del. Laws 484 (1919)
    (1918)
    Minors Under Fifteen Not to Use Gun Unless Accompanied by an Adult, § 2382 A. Sec. 25 A: Prohibited any minors under age fifteen from hunting game birds or game animals with a rifle or shotgun unless accompanied by an adult who is lawfully hunting.
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    30 Del. Laws 55-56 (1919)
    (1919)
    Prohibited the sale to any minor or intoxicated person, any revolver, pistol, revolver cartridge, pistol cartridge, stiletto, steel knuckles, brass knuckles, or other deadly weapons made for the defense of one's person.
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    26 Del. Laws 324 (1911)
    (1911)
    Of Fish, Oysters and Game, § 8: Prohibited the unlawful shooting or killing of any birds or animals protected by laws of the state using any device, swivel, punt gun, or any gun other than shouldered weapons raised at arm's length. Also prohibited hunting with the aid of artificial light or lantern, dog, or dogs equipped with bells or other noise-producing device.
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    27 Del. Laws 439 (1913)
    (1913)
    § 18: Prohibited children under the age of 15 from being employed, permitted or suffered to work in any establishment manufacturing, compounding, or storing nitroglycerine, dynamite, dualin, guncotton, gunpowder, or other high or dangerous explosives.
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    37 Del. Laws 771 (1931)
    (1931)
    Ch. 225, § 1: Prohibited the carry of a gun while training dogs in a closed game season. Violators fined not less than nor more than one hundred dollars with costs of prosecution, and shall be committed to the County jail for thirty days unless the fine and costs are paid sooner.

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