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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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  • Legal sources: statutes and session laws, administrative code, attorney general opinions, appellate decisions, and selected municipal ordinances.
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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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Start date: 1930Category: search.filters.subject.POSSESSION - DANGEROUS PERSONS

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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    1931 Cal. Stat. 2316-17
    (1931)
    Ch. 1098, § 1: Prohibited noncitizens, felony convicts, or drug addicts from owning, possessing, or having under their custody or control any pistol, revolver, or concealable firearm; violators subject to fine or imprisonment.

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