1893 Fla. Laws 71
| dc.coverage.spatial | Florida | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-10-23T23:45:43Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-11-11T14:51:52Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-03-17T00:25:14Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1893 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Ch. 4147: Required a license to carry a Winchester or other repeating rifle. Licenses to cost a one hundred dollar bond. Violators shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars or sixty days in jail. | |
| dc.description.lawtext | Section 1. That in each and every county in this State, it shall be unlawful to carry or own a Winchester or other repeating rifle or without first taking out a license from the County Commissioners of the respective counties, before such person shall be at liberty to carry around with him on his person and in his manual possession such Winchester rifle or other repeating rifle. Sec. 2. The County Commissioners of the respective counties in this State may grant such license at any regular or special meeting. Sec. 3. The person taking out such license shall give a bond running to the Governor of the State in the sum of one hundred dollars, conditioned on the proper and legitimate use of the gun with sureties to be approved by the County Commissioners, and at the same time there shall be kept by the County Commissioners granting the same a record of the name of the person taking out such license, the name of the maker of the firearm so licensed to be carried and the caliber and number of the same. Sec. 4. All persons violating the provisions of Section 1 of this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be fined not exceeding one hundred dollars or imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding sixty days. Sec. 5. That this Act shall go into effect 30 days after its passage and approval by the Governor. | |
| dc.description.summary | This law makes it illegal in Florida to carry or own a Winchester or other repeating rifle without first obtaining a license from the County Commissioners. To get a license, the person must provide a $100 bond for responsible use, and the County Commissioners will keep a record of the firearm details. Violating this law is a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine up to $100 or up to 60 days in jail. The law takes effect 30 days after being approved by the Governor. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.firearmsresearchcenter.org/id/frc0001/3538 | |
| dc.relation.isreferencedbyGoogle | https://www.google.com/books/edition/General_Acts_and_Resolutions_Adopted_by/oRM4AAAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA71&printsec=frontcover | |
| dc.subject | CARRY | |
| dc.title | 1893 Fla. Laws 71 |