1903 N.J. Laws 337-38
| dc.coverage.spatial | New Jersey | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-10-24T00:41:40Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-11-12T20:33:28Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-03-17T03:21:36Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1903 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Ch. 169, 1: It shall not be lawful to sell, barter, exchange, hire or loan to any person under the age of fifteen years, any gun, pistol, toy pistol, or other firearms, or for any person under the age of fifteen years to purchase, barter or exchange any gun, pistol, toy pistol or other firearms, nor for any person under the age of fifteen years to carry, fire or use a gun, pistol toy pistol or other firearms, except in the presence of his father or guardian, or for the purpose of military drill in accordance with the rules of a school; it shall be the duty of all persons selling, hiring, bartering or exchanging pistols, revolvers, guns or other firearms, to keep and maintain a book of registry of the same | |
| dc.description.lawtext | 1. Section ninety-five of the act entitled "An act for the punishment of crimes" (Revision of one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight), approved June fourteenth, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, is hereby amended so that the same shall read as follows: 95. It shall not be lawful to sell, barter, exchange, hire or loan to any person under the age of fifteen years, any gun, pistol, toy pistol, or other firearms, or for any person under the age of fifteen years to purchase, barter or exchange any gun, pistol, toy pistol or other firearms, nor for any person under the age of fifteen years to carry, fire or use a gun, pistol, toy pistol or other firearms, except in the presence of his father or guardian, or for the purpose of military drill in accordance with the rules of a school; it shall be the duty of all persons selling, hiring, bartering or exchanging pistols, revolvers, guns or other firearms, to keep and maintain a book of registry of the same, in which said book of registry shall be entered the number of the article sold, if any, the name of the maker, together with such other means of identification as may be obtainable concerning the same, and also the name and address of the person to whom such pistol, revolver, gun or other firearm is sold, bartered, exchanged or hired, which said book of registry shall be at all times open to inspection by or upon the written order of the judges of the several courts of oyer and terminer and quarter sessions, the attorney-general, and the several prosecutors of the pleas of this state; any person violating this section or failing to comply with the several provisions of the same, or giving a fictitious name or address, or knowing, receiving or registering such name and address, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. 2. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed, and this act shall take effect immediately. | |
| dc.description.summary | This law restricted firearm access for children under fifteen by prohibiting the sale, transfer, purchase, or use of guns and pistols by minors except under parental supervision or for approved school military drills. It also required firearm sellers to maintain detailed sales records, including firearm identification information and purchaser details, which could be inspected by certain state officials. Violations, including providing false purchaser information or failing to keep records, were punishable as misdemeanors. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.firearmsresearchcenter.org/id/frc0001/4621 | |
| dc.relation.isreferencedbyHathi | https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3683752&seq=341 | |
| dc.subject | POSSESSION - MINORS; REGISTRATION; TRANSFER - MINORS | |
| dc.title | 1903 N.J. Laws 337-38 |