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GunCulture 13 - 08 Apr 2010 - Main.JuliaS
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"Then came, Oscar, the time of the guns.
And there was no land for a man, no land for a country,
| | | The Blue Laws of Connecticut
- Context
- Enacted by the General Court in 1650
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- No mention of arms in earlier codes ("Fundamental Orders of 1639," "Constitution of the Colony of New Haven," etc.) - these codes focused on the structure an powers of government, no mention of any individual rights or liberties.
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- Indians
- Any Indian who shall "meddle with, or handle any English mans weapons of any sorte, either in theire howses, or in the fields, they shall forfeit for every such default a half a fathom of wampum."
- No man shalle "amend, repaire, or cause to be amended or repared, any gunn, small or great, belonging to any indian, nor shall indeavor the same, nor shall sell nor give to any indian . . any such gunn, nor any gunpowder or shott, or lead, or shott mould, or any military weapon or weapons, armor, or arrowe heads".
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| Revision 13 | r13 - 08 Apr 2010 - 02:39:57 - JuliaS |
| Revision 12 | r12 - 04 Apr 2010 - 21:59:31 - JuliaS |
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