Jul 18, 2009

Golden Oldie -- New York gun laws

to wit:

"...That every able-bodied Male Person, being a Citizen of this State, or of any of the United States, and residing in this State, (except such Persons as are hereinafter excepted) and who are of the Age of Sixteen, and under the Age of Forty-five Years, shall, by the Captain or commanding Officer of the Beat in which such Citizens shall reside, within four Months after the passing of this Act, be enrolled in the Company of such Beat. . . . That every Citizen so enrolled and notified, shall, within three Months thereafter, provide himself, at his own Expense, with a good Musket or Firelock, a sufficient Bayonet and Belt, a Pouch with a Box therein to contain not less than Twenty-four Cartridges suited to the Bore of his Musket or Firelock, each Cartridge containing a proper Quantity of Powder and Ball, two spare Flints, a Blanket and Knapsack; . . ."

An act of the New York state legislature, April 4, 1784



5 comments:

RM1(SS) (ret) said...

Sounds reasonable to me....

Anonymous said...

Just out of curiosity, was that law ever rescinded?

Jim said...

Anon: Wish I could tell you, but discovering the fate of ancient laws appears to require a specialized library, and I haven't found find access to one. I'll keep trying as the spirit moves and, meanwhile, offer this guess:

Code editors in every state will occasionally scan their statutes for "obsolete" laws and have their legislatures repeal them in in "technical corrective" bills. These measures hardly ever get the slightest notice.

RM1(SS); Greetings, Mate, from RD2, of the DD fleet. We knew only one word for submarine, "target." :)

Jim

Jim said...

Gack. Haven't found. Delete fine. NTS: See neurologist stat.

RM1(SS) (ret) said...

There are two kinds of ships: Submarines and targets.

Even the French Navy knows that one - several of my shipmates picked up the t-shirt when we visited Toulon a few years back. 8)


WV: pseteri - the plural of pseterus, whatever that might be....