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FRC Jurisdictions Portal

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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.

How to Use

  • 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.

Metadata & Standards

Items are described using Dublin Core with standardized fields for Jurisdiction, Date Issued, Category, and Exceptions to support precise discovery and comparison.

Questions

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  • Item type:Item,
    Laws, Statutes, Ordinances, and Constitutions 11 (John Holt ed., 1763)
    (1763)
    Prohibited the discharge of firearms within the city of New York.
  • Item type:Item,
    Edward Livingston, Laws and Ordinances, Ordained and Established by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Commonalty of the City of New York 83-84 (1803)
    (1803)
    Ch 23, § 1: That no person shall hereafter be permitted to fire or discharge any gun, pistol, fowling piece, or fire-arm, at any place on the island of New York, within the distance of four miles from the City Hall, under the penalty of five dollars upon each offender, to be recovered with costs.
  • Item type:Item,
    Laws and Ordinances of the City of New York app. at 1 (1793)
    (1786)
    An Act to prevent the Firing of Guns and other Fire-Arms within this State, on certain days therein mentioned: If any person or persons, of what age, sex, or quality whatsoever, from and after the said first day of June next, shall fire and discharge any gun, pistol, rocket, cracker, squib or other fire-work, in any street, lane or ally, garden or other inclosure, or from any house, or in any other place where persons frequently walk, to the southward of Fresh-Water; that then every such person or persons so offending, and being thereof convicted before on or more justice or justices of the peace for the said city and county of New York, either by the confession of the party or parties so offending, or the oath of one or more witness or witnesses, (which oath the said justice or justices of the peace is and are hereby empowered and required to administer) shall, for every such offense, forfeit the sum of twenty shillings...
  • Item type:Item,
    D. T. Valentine, Ordinances of the Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty of the City of New York 235 (1859)
    (1859)
    Ch. 13, § 6 : No tavern-keeper, keeper of a public house, garden or place of resort, nor any other person, shall suffer or permit any person to practice with or fire off any pistol, gun, fowling-piece or other fire-arms, in or upon his or her premises, nor shall suffer or permit any pistol gallery, erected in his or her house, or upon his or her premises, to be used for the purpose of practicing with any pistol gun, fowling-piece or other fire-arms, upon the first day of the week, called Sunday, under the penalty of fifty dollars for each offense, to be sued for and recovered from the person keeping such public house, tavern, public garden, pistol gallery, place of resort or premises;
  • Item type:Item,
    5 Colonial Laws of New York 244-246 (1894)
    (1773)
    Ch. 1501: Restricted the firing of guns, pistols, rockets, crackers, squibs, or other fireworks on New Years Eve or the days following. Violators fined twenty shillings.

Copyright & Use

Unless otherwise stated, the Firearms Research Center (FRC) does not claim copyright over materials in this community. Rights status may vary by item and jurisdiction.

Users are responsible for determining rights, securing permissions, and complying with applicable law. When a license is provided (e.g., CC), follow its terms.

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  • Fair Use: Limited use may be permitted under U.S. law.

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