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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.

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    1927 R.I. Pub. Laws 256, ch. 1052, §§ 1, 3
    (1927)
    Prohibited a person who has previously been convicted of a violent crime from owning, carrying, or possessing any firearm (including machine gun or pistol).
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    1923 N.H. Laws 138-141
    (1923)
    Provided that sections 1-13 of the act should not apply to antique pistols or revolvers used as such
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    1927 Mich. Pub. Acts 891, No. 372, § 11
    (1927)
    No person shall willfully alter, remove, or obliterate the. name of the maker, model, manufacturer's number, or other identity mark of any pistol
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    1925 Ind. Acts 495-501
    (1925)
    Prohibited the sale, delivery, or otherwise transfer of a pistol or revolver to a person who he or she has reasonable cause believe is either not a citizen or is a felon. Violatos fined not less than one hundred dollars, or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
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    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.

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