1931 Pa. Laws 498, No. 158, § 4-6
| dc.coverage.spatial | Pennsylvania | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-10-24T14:09:32Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-11-12T17:04:16Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-03-17T04:19:26Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1931 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Prohibited individuals convicted of violent crimes from owning, possessing or having a firearm under their control. | |
| dc.description.lawtext | Section 4. No person who has been convicted in this Commonwealth or elsewhere of a crime of violence shall own a firearm, or have one in his possession or under his control. Section 5. No person shall carry a firearm in any vehicle or concealed on or about his person, except in his place of abode or fixed place of business, without a license therefor as hereinafter provided. Section 6. The provisions of the preceding section shall not apply to constables, sheriffs, prison or jail wardens, or their deputies, policemen of the Commonwealth or its political subdivisions, or other law-enforcement officers; or to members of the army, navy or marine corps of the United States or of the national guard or organized reserves when on duty; or to the regularly enrolled members of any organization duly authorized to purchase or receive such weapons from the United States or from this Commonwealth; or any organization incorporated under the laws of this Commonwealth engaged in target shooting with rifle, pistol or revolver, provided such members are at or are going to or from their places of assembly or target practice, or to officers or employees of the United States duly authorized to carry a concealed firearm, or to agents, messengers and other employees of common carriers, banks, or business firms, whose duties require them to protect moneys, valuables and other property in the discharge of such duties, from carrying any such firearm while actually engaged in such duties; or to any person engaged in the business of manufacturing, repairing, or dealing in firearms, or the agent or representative of any such person, having in his possession, using or carrying a firearm in the usual or ordinary course of such business; or to any person while carrying a firearm unloaded and in a secure wrapper from the place of purchase to his home or place of business or to a place of repair or back to his home or place of business or in moving from one place of abode or business to another. | |
| dc.description.summary | The law barred anyone convicted of a crime of violence from owning or possessing a firearm and generally required a license to carry a firearm in a vehicle or concealed on one’s person. It exempted law-enforcement and military personnel, authorized target shooters, certain security employees, firearms dealers and repairers, and people transporting an unloaded firearm securely between specified locations. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.firearmsresearchcenter.org/id/frc0001/5090 | |
| dc.relation.isreferencedby | https://heinonline-org.libproxy.uwyo.edu/HOL/Page?collection=ssl&handle=hein.ssl/sspa0074&id=498&men_tab=srchresults | |
| dc.subject | POSSESSION - DANGEROUS PERSONS | |
| dc.subject | CARRY::CARRY - CONCEALED | |
| dc.subject | TRANSPORTATION | |
| dc.title | 1931 Pa. Laws 498, No. 158, § 4-6 |