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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.
  • Research outputs: FRC reports, datasets, and interpretive materials that contextualize legal and technical developments.

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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.
  • Cite: use the item’s identifier and provided links (Original Source and Duke reference) when available.

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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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    1887 N.M. Laws 55-58
    (1887)
    Ch. 30, § 1: That any person who shall hereafter carry a deadly weapon, either concealed or otherwise, on or about the settlements of this territory, except it be in his or her residence, or on his or her landed estate, and in the lawful defense of his or her person, family or property, the same being then and there threatened with danger, or except such carrying be done by legal authority, upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars, nor more than three hundred, or by imprisonment not less than sixty days, nor more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court or jury trying the same.
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    1869 N.M. Laws 72
    (1869)
    Ch. 32, §§ 1-2: Prohibited the carry of deadly weapons. Deadly weapons shall be defined as all classes of pistols, revolver, repeater, derringer, or any other kind of pistol, Bowie-knives, daggers, poniards, butcher knives, dirks, "all weapons in which cuts can be give or by which wounds can be inflicted by thrusting," sword-canes, slung-shots, and any other kinds of deadly weapons.
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    Compiled Ordinances: Town of Albuquerque 81-82 (William C. Heacock ed., 1887)
    (1887)
    Chapter 21-Deadly Weapon, § 2: Deadly weapons, within the meaning of this preceding section, shall be construed to mean any and all kinds and classes of guns, pistols and revolvers, slung-shots, loaded or sword canes or sand-bags, and all kinds and classes of weapons and instruments, by whatever name they may be called, by which a dangerous wound can be inflicted.

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