The History of Bans on Types of Arms Before 1900

Authors

David B. Kopel
Joseph G.S. Greenlee

Document Type

Article

Abstract

This Article describes the history of bans on particular types of arms in America, through 1899. It also describes arms bans in England until the time of American independence. Arms encompassed in this article include firearms, knives, swords, blunt weapons, and many others. While arms advanced considerably from medieval England through the nineteenth-century United States, bans on particular types of arms were rare.

Recommended Citation

David B. Kopel & Joseph G.S. Greenlee, The History of Bans on Types of Arms Before 1900, 50 J. Legis. 223 (2024).
Available at: https://scholarship.law.nd.edu/jleg/vol50/iss2/3