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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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.
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Compilation of the Ordinances of the City of St. Augustine 53 (1884)
(1878-04-28)
Imposed a $25 license tax on dealers of pistols, bowie-knives, and dirks.
An Ordinance to Levy and Enforce Payment of an Annual License Tax, in The Lafayette Advertiser, Feb. 2, 1889, at 8
(1889)
Imposed a $5 tax on all gun and pistol establishments and shooting galleries.
1909 N.C. Sess. Laws 777-78
(1909)
Priv. Laws, ch. 345, § 23, pt. 14: [O]n dealers in pistols, guns, dirks, bowie knives, sling shots, brass or metal knuckles or other like deadly weapons, in addition to all other taxes, a license tax not exceeding fifty dollars; on dealers in firecrackers, Roman candles, skyrockets, toy pistols or fireworks of any kind, a tax not exceeding fifty dollars.
1898 Miss. Laws 22
(1898)
Ch. 5, § 63: Imposed 5 dollar tax on pistol dealers
1906 Miss. Laws 367
(1906)
Ch. 114, § 3887: On each person or firm dealing in pistols, dirk knives, sword canes, brass or metallic knuckles, or other deadly weapons (shotguns and rifles excepted) - 100.00. And which shall be in addition to all and any other taxes or privileges paid. On each firm or dealer selling air guns, target or flobert rifles (and this shall apply even if the same has a license to sell merchandise, pistols or cartridges) - $25.00.
1891 Ky. Acts 346
(1891)
Ch. 103: Tax of fifty dollars on sales of Bowie-knives, dirks, brass-knucks, or slung-shots.
1885 Ky. Acts 154
(1885)
Ch. 1233: Imposed an occupational tax of fifty dollars for dealers of pistols and bowie knives.
The Revised Laws of Hawaii 790-94 (1925)
(1925)
Chapter 128 imposed a comprehensive firearm and ammunition registration and permitting system in the Territory of Hawaii. Residents, businesses, and other possessors were required to report firearms and ammunition to the county sheriff, including the type, manufacturer, and factory number when available. Sheriffs maintained records and periodically forwarded copies to the governor. Firearms and ammunition dealers faced additional reporting requirements concerning their inventory, imports, and every sale or transfer. Retail purchasers generally had to obtain a written permit from the sheriff before acquiring a firearm or pistol/revolver ammunition. Dealers had to record the transaction, obtain the purchaser’s signature, report it to the sheriff, and could not deliver the item on the same day as the transaction. Violations were misdemeanors punishable by fines up to $500, imprisonment up to one year, or both; informants could receive half of an imposed fine. Aliens faced additional restrictions: obtaining a permit required written recommendations from two responsible citizens, and generally required an annual $5 license, although business-related firearm use could qualify for a fee exemption. Aliens possessing firearms or ammunition without complying with these requirements faced misdemeanor penalties. Registration records were generally confidential, accessible only at the governor’s request or by court order. Violations of the chapter could result in fines up to $500, while sheriffs improperly disclosing records faced fines up to $25. Federal, territorial, militia, county, and municipal authorities carrying arms in their official capacities were exempt from the reporting requirements.
1927 Ga. Laws 83
(1927)
No. 398, § 2, § 86: Levied a tax on dealers "in or near towns or cities" who deal "in pistols or in toy pistols which shoot cartridges, or who deals in pistol cartridges, or rifle cartridges, dirks, bowie knives, or metal knucks."
1894 Ga. Laws 21
(1894)
Ch. 151: Imposed $25 occupational tax on dealers of pistols, revolvers, dirks, Bowie knives, and metal knuckles.
1894 Ga. Laws 325-26
(1894)
Treasurer's Report: Details tax revenue collected by the state of Georgia on pistol dealers from 1893 to 1894.
1892 Ga. Laws 25
(1892)
Ch. 133: Imposed $100 occupational tax on dealers of pistols, revolvers, dirks, Bowie knives, and metal knuckles.
1890 Ga. Laws 38
(1890)
Ch. 131, § 2, pt. 16: Imposed $100 occupational tax on dealers of pistols, revolvers, dirks, or Bowie knives.
1886 Ga. Laws 17
(1886)
Ch. 54: Imposed $100 occupational tax on dealers of pistols, revolvers, dirks, Bowie knives, and "pistol or revolver cartridges."
1888 Ga. Laws 22
(1888)
Ch. 123, § 2, pt. 17: Imposed $25 occupational tax on dealers of pistols, revolvers, dirks, or Bowie knives.
1884-85 Ga. Laws 23
(1884)
Ch. 52, § 2, pt. 18: Imposed $100 occupational tax on dealers of pistols, revolvers, dirks, or Bowie knives.
1882-83 Ga. Laws 37
(1882)
Ch. 18: Imposed $25 occupational tax on dealers of pistols, revolvers, dirks, or Bowie knives.
1838 Fla. Terr. Acts 36
(1838)
Ch. 24: Required prospective vendors of dirks, pocket pistols, sword canes, or Bowie knives to pay an annual two-hundred dollar tax. Individuals who wish to carry the previously listed weapons are required to pay a ten dollar tax.
1895 Fla. Laws 14
(1895)
No merchant, store-keeper or dealer shall keep for sale or sell pistols, Springfield rifles, repeating rifles, bowie knives or dirk knives, without first paying a license tax of ten dollars; Provided, Said pistols, Springfield rifles, repeating rifles, bowie knives or dirk knives, shall not be sold to minors.
1886 Ala. Laws 36
(1886)
Imposed occupational tax of three hundred dollars on dealers of pistols, pistol cartridges, Bowie-knives, and dirks
1876 Ala. Laws 202
(1875)
§ 494, pt. 15: Imposed $50 occupational tax on dealers of pistols, Bowie knives, and dirk knives.
1874-75 Ala. Laws 41
(1874)
§ 102, pt. 27: Imposed $25 occupational tax on dealers of pistols, Bowie knives, and dirk knives.
1898 Ala. Laws 190
(1898)
Placed a one hundred dollar tax on dealers of pistols, Bowie knives, or dirk knives of one hundred dollars. Also taxed dealers of pistol and rifle cartridges at ten dollars.
1892 Ala. Laws 183
(1892)
Imposed $300 occupational tax on dealers of pistols, pistol cartridges, Bowie knives, and dirk knives, and clarified that cartridges that can be used in a pistol shall be deemed pistol cartridges.
1887 Ala. Code 194
(1887)
Imposed a tax of $300 on the sale of pistols, pistol cartridges, Bowie knives, and dirk knives. Imposed $25 tax on shooting galleries.
1894-95 Ala. Laws 1081
(1895)
Authorized the mayor and aldermen of Tuskaloosa to collect an annual tax and license, regulate, restrain, or prohibit dealers in pistols, pistol cartridges, Bowie knives, dirk knives, gun shops, or gun repair shops.
1898-99 Ala. Laws 1046
(1899)
Granted the town the authority to regulate, tax, and license dealers in Pistols, pistol cartridges, Bowie knives, and dirk knives. Licenses shall not exceed fifty dollars.

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