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.
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Item type:Item, National Firearms Act, Pub. L. No. 73-474, 48 Stat. 1236 (1934).(1934)Requires registration and taxation of certain firearms such as machine guns, short-barreled rifles and shotguns, and suppressors, and regulates their manufacture, transfer, and possession under federal law.Item type:Item, 1933 Wyo. Sess. Laws 117(1933)All wholesalers, retailers, dealers and pawn brokers are hereby required to keep a record of all firearms which may come into their possession, whether new or second hand, which record shall be known as the Firearms Register. Such register shall contain the following information, to wit: the name of the manufacturer, person, persons, firm or corporation from whom the firearm was obtained, the date of its acquisition, its manufacturer's number, its color, its caliber, whether the same is new or second hand, whether it is automatic, a revolver, a single shot pistol, a rifle, a shot gun or a machine gun, the name of the party to whom said firearm is sold in such purchasers handwriting and the date of such saleItem type:Item, 1931-1933 Wis. Sess. Laws 778(1931)Prohibited selling, possessing, using, or transporting a machine gun, automatic firearm, bomb, hand grenade, projectile, shell, or other container that can contain tear or other gas. Punishable by imprisonment for 1-3 years.Item type:Item, 1931–1933 Wis. Sess. Laws 245–47(1933)Prohibited using or possessing a machine gun during an attempted violent crime; punishable by imprisonment of minimum 20 years. Prohibited use of a machine gun for offensive or aggressive purposes; punishable by imprisonment of minimum 10 years.Item type:Item, 1931–1933 Wis. Sess. Laws 778(1933)Prohibited selling, possessing, using, or transporting a machine gun, automatic firearm, bomb, hand grenade, projectile, shell, or other container that can contain tear or other gas. Punishable by imprisonment for 1-3 years.Item type:Item, 1935 Wash. Sess. Laws 599(1935)Ch. 172, §§ 1-4: 'Short Firearm' as used in this act means any firearm with a barrel less than twelve (12) inches in length.If any person shall commit or attempt to commit a crime of violence when armed with a pistol, he may in addition to the punishment provided for the crime, be punished also as provided by this act. No person who has been convicted in this state or elsewhere of a crime of violence, shall own a pistol or have one in his possession or under his control.Item type:Item, 1935 Wash. Sess. Laws 599-601(1935)Ch. 172, § 8: No person shall deliver a pistol to any person under the age of twenty-one or to one who he has reasonable cause to believe has been convicted of a crime of violence, or is a drug addict, an habitual drunkard, or of unsound mind."Item type:Item, 1935 Wash. Sess. Laws 599-601(1935)Ch. 172, §§ 5-7: No person shall carry a pistol in any vehicle or conceal on or about his person, except in his place of abode or fixed place of business, without a license therefor as hereinafter provided.Item type:Item, 1933 Wash. Sess. Laws 335-36(1933)Ch. 64, §§ 1-5: Prohibited manufacturing, owning, buying, selling, loaning, furnishing, transporting, or possessing a machine gun.Item type:Item, 1934 Va. Acts 137-39(1934)Ch. 96, §§ 1-7: Prohibited possession or use of a machine gun during a violent crime; punishable by death or imprisonment for a minimum of 20 years. Prohibited unlawful possession or use of a machine gun for offensive or aggressive purposes; punishable by imprisonment for a minimum of 10 years. Requires manufacturers to keep a register of machine guns.Item type:Item, 1933 Tex. Gen. Laws 219-20(1933)1st Called Sess., An Act Defining "Machine Gun" and "Person"; Making It an Offense to Possess or Use Machine Guns. . . , Ch. 82, §§ 1-4, 6: Prohibited possession of a machine gun; punishable by imprisonment up to 10 years. Prohibited selling, leasing, giving, bartering, exchanging, or trading a machine gun; punishable by imprisonment for 2 months to 10 years.Item type:Item, 1931 Tenn. Priv. Acts 1089(1931)An Act to Be Entitled, "An Act to Incorporate the City of Murfreesboro in Rutherford County, Tennessee . . . ," ch. 429, art. 3, § 4, pt. 46: To regulate, restrain, and prevent the carrying on of manufactories dangerous in causing or producing fires; and to regulate and suppress the sale of firearms, and to prevent and suppress the selling, carrying, using or firing of pistols, rifles, guns, bowie knives, dirks, firearms, or other deadly weapons.Item type:Item, 1935 S.D. Sess. Laws 355(1935)Ch. 208, § 8: No person shall deliver a pistol to any person under the age of eighteen or to one who he has reasonable cause to believe has been convicted of a crime of violence, or is a drug addict, an habitual drunkard, or of unsound mind."Item type:Item, 1933 S.D. Sess. Laws 245–47(1933)Ch. 206, §§ 1-8: Prohibited possession of a machine gun during a violent crime. Punishable by imprisonment up to 15 years. Prohibited using a machine gun offensively or aggressively; punishable by imprisonment up to 15 years. Requires manufacturers to keep a register of machine guns and for owners to converted their machine guns to pistols to register the weapon.Item type:Item, 1931 S.C. Acts 78(1931)No. 58, § 1: Prohibited the setting of any loaded trap gun or spring gun. Punishable by a fine of $100-500 or imprisonment of 30 days to 1 year.Item type:Item, 1934 S.C. Acts 1288(1934)No. 731, §§ 1–6: Prohibited transporting, possessing, selling, renting, or giving a firearm or machine gun. Punishable by fine up to $1,000 and imprisonment with solitary confinement up to 20 years.Item type:Item, 1931 Pa. Laws 498, No. 158, § 4-6(1931)Prohibited individuals convicted of violent crimes from owning, possessing or having a firearm under their control.Item type:Item, 1933 Or. Laws 488, ch. 315, § 2(1933)Prohibited a unnaturalized person and person convicted of a felony against another person or the government from owning or possessing a pistol, revolver, other firearm, or machine gun. Punishable by imprisonment for 1-5 years.Item type:Item, 1933 Or. Laws 489, ch. 315, §§ 3-4(1933)Prohibited possession of a machine gun. Also Prohibited carrying a concealed machine gun, pistol, revolver, or other firearm.Item type:Item, 1933 Ohio Acts 189-90, Reg. Sess., An Act. . . Relative to the Sale and Possession of Machine Guns, No. 165(1933)Prohibited owning, possessing, and transporting a machine gun, light machine gun, or submachine gun without a permit. Punishable by imprisonment of 1-10 years.Item type:Item, 1931 N.D. Laws 305-06(1931)Ch. 178, §§ 1-2: Prohibited selling, giving, loaning, furnishing, or delivering a machine gun, submachine gun, automatic rifle, or bomb (without a license). Punishable by imprisonment up to 10 years and/or fine up to $3,000.Item type:Item, 1933 N.Y. Laws 1638-39(1933)Ch. 805, §§ 1, 3: Prohibited selling, giving, disposing of, transporting, or possessing a machine gun or submachine gun to a person guilty of a felony.Item type:Item, 1931 N.Y. Laws 1033(1931)Ch. 435, § 1; Prohibited using an imitation pistol and carrying or possessing a black-jack, slungshot, billy, sandclub, sandbag, metal knuckles, bludgeon, dagger, dirk, dangerous knife, razor, stiletto, imitation pistol, machine gun, sawed off shot-gun, or ay other dangerous or deadly weapon.Item type:Item, 1933 Minn. Gen. Laws 231-33(1933)An Act Making It Unlawful to Use, Own, Possess, Sell, Control or Transport a "Machine Gun", as Hereinafter Defined, and Providing a Penalty for the Violation Thereof, ch. 190, §§ 1-3: Prohibited owning, controlling, using, possessing, selling, or transporting a machine gun.Item type:Item, 1931 Mich. Pub. Acts 670(1931)The Michigan Penal Code, ch. 37, §233: Any person who shall intentionally, without malice, point or aim any fire-arm at or toward any other person, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.Item type:Item, 1931 Mich. Pub. Acts 671, § 236(1931)The Michigan Penal Code, ch. 37, § 236: Prohibited the setting of any spring or trap gun.Item type:Item, 1931 Mich. Pub. Acts 671, § 237(1931)The Michigan Penal Code, ch. 37, §237: Any person under the influence of intoxicating liquor or any exhilarating or stupefying drug who shall carry, have in possession or under control, or use in any manner or discharge any fire-arm within this state, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.Item type:Item, 1934 N.J. Laws 394-95(1934)Ch. 155, 1-5: Declares a person who possesses a machine gun or submachine gun a "gangster" and therefore, enemy of the state. Also declares a person who carries a deadly weapon without a permit a "gangster." If convicted a "gangster," punishable by fine up to $10,000 and/or imprisonment up to 20 years.Item type:Item, 1934 Ky. Acts 169-70(1934)An Act . . . prescribing punishment for robbery or burglary . . ., ch. 52,§ 1159(a): That if any person shall commit acts of robbery, burglary . . . robbery of bank [sic] or safe, and in committing said act or acts shall use or display any pistol, gun or other firearms or deadly weapon of any character in so doing; upon conviction such person or persons shall be sentenced to death or life imprisonment in the discretion of the juryItem type:Item, 1932 La. Acts 337-38(1932)No. 79,§ 1-2: Prohibited selling, loaning, giving, purchasing, possession, carrying, or transporting a machine gun.Item type:Item, 1933 Kan. Sess. Laws 76 (Spec. Sess.)(1933)Ch. 62, §§ 1-3: Prohibited possession of a machine rifle, machine gun, or submachine gun.Item type:Item, 1933 Iowa Acts 47-48(1933)Ch. 30, § 24: Prohibited the use of a swivel gun or any other firearm, except those commonly shot from the shoulder or hand in hunting of game. Guns larger than a 10 gauge prohibited.Item type:Item, 1931 Ill. Laws 452-54(1931)An Act to Regulate the Sale, Possession and Transportation of Machine Guns, § 4: Required every manufacturer or merchant to keep a register of all machine guns manufactured or handled. Data kept includes the sale, loan, gift, delivery, or receipt of any machine gun, the name, address, and occupation of the person to whom the machine gun was delivered, from whom it was received, and why it was sold, loaned, given, delivered, purchased, or obtained said machine gun. Law enforcement shall have on-demand access to these records.Item type:Item, 1933 Haw. Terr. Sess. Laws 35-40 (Spec. Sess.)(1933)The 1934 Hawaii Firearms Act comprehensively regulated firearms and ammunition by requiring registration of most firearms and non-shotgun ammunition, permits to acquire firearms or ammunition, and registration of newly acquired weapons. It generally limited firearm possession to a person's home, business, or place of sojourn, with exceptions for lawful hunting and transportation. The Act prohibited possession of pistols and revolvers by persons convicted of violent crimes and banned machine guns, automatic rifles, bombs, silencers, and similar weapons. Concealed carry licenses were available only in exceptional cases upon a showing of good cause and suitability. The law criminalized altering firearm identification marks, created evidentiary presumptions in certain criminal prosecutions, exempted specified law enforcement and military personnel, authorized forfeiture of unlawfully possessed firearms, permitted revocation of permits and licenses, and imposed fines and imprisonment for violations.Item type:Item, 1931 Fla. Laws 2069(1931)§ 7: Granted the Village the authority to license, tax, regulate, and prohibit explosives, guns, pistol, and other weapons.Item type:Item, 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.Item type:Item, National Firearms Act, 48 Stat. 1236 (1934)(1934)Heavily regulated the use of Machine Guns, Short Barrel Shotguns, Short Barrel Rifles, Suppressors, etc. Also established a $200 tax stamp for registration purposes.Item type:Item, Federal Firearms Act, 52 Stat. 1250-51 (1938)(1938)Prohibited any person who has been convicted of a "crime of violence or is a fug[a]tive from justice" from receiving "any firearm or ammunition" which has been shipped in interstate commerce.Item type:Item, 1 Fed. Reg. 668, 674, National Park Service Rules and Regulations (1936)(1936)§ 8: Prohibited firearms, explosives, traps, seines, and nets within the parks and monuments under federal control.Item type:Item, An Act To Control The Possession, Sale, Transfer And Use Of Pistols And Other Dangerous Weapons In The District Of Columbia, To Provide Penalties, To Prescribe Rules Of Evidence, And For Other Purposes, 47 Stat. 650 (1932)(1932)Ch. 465, §§ 1, 8: Prohibited being armed with or having readily available any pistol or other firearm while committing a violent crime. In addition to being punished for the crime, will also be punished with imprisonment (various terms depending on the number of previous convictions). Additionally, Prohibited people convicted of violent crimes from owning or possessing a pistol. Prohibited carrying a concealed deadly or dangerous weapon. Regulates the sale and transfer of pistols.