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1786 — North Carolina — Militia Required Armaments

1786 N.C. L. chap. 1, pp. 407-08

Militiamen must provide themselves with arm, equipment, and various clothing items.

NC

1786

1786 — New Hampshire — Militia Arms Requirement

1786 N.H. L. 409-10

Required members of the militia to arm themselves with a musket, bayonet, and ammunition.

NH

1786

1786 — Portsmouth, New Hampshire — Gunpowder Storage

1786 N.H. L. pp. 383-84

Individuals could not keep more than 10lbs of gunpowder at any time and it must be in a tin canister...

NH

1786

1786 — New York — Militia Enlistment Requirement

1786 N.Y. L. chap. 25, p. 220-21

Reiterated militia enlistment requirements with some modifications; age range changed from 16-50 to 16-45. Gave troops so enlisted 3 months...

NY

1786

1786 — New York, New York — Weapon Discharge

Laws and Ordinances Ordained and Established by the Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty of the City of New-York, in Common Council Convened; for the Good Rule and Government of the Inhabitants and Residents of the Said City 2-5 (1793).

Prohibited discharging firearms where there is high foot traffic.

NY

1786

1786 — Virginia — Public Carry

Acts Passed at a General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia Begun and Held at the Public Buildings in the City of Richmond, on Monday the Sixteenth Day of October in the Year of Our Lord, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty-Six 35 (1786)

Prohibited riding armed affrays.

VA

1786

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1786 — North Carolina — Militia Required Armaments

1786 — New Hampshire — Militia Arms Requirement

1786 — Portsmouth, New Hampshire — Gunpowder Storage

1786 — New York — Militia Enlistment Requirement

1786 — New York, New York — Weapon Discharge

1786 — Virginia — Public Carry