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GunCulture 10 - 04 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,
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< | The goal of my project is to understand the gun culture of 17th- and 18th-century America. | >
> | The goal of my project is to understand the gun culture of Colonial America. What did guns represent to the early settlers? How were they viewed? What role did they play in society? | | | I will start by looking at the basic ways in which guns were regulated: Who could own a gun in the early American colonies? Where could guns be carried? Were there restrictions on the types of guns allowed or the purposes for which guns could be used? | | |
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- Twice a year the clerk of each band shall inspect the arms and ammunition of the band to ensure they are in accordance with the law. The clerk shall report all defects in arms or ammunition to the magistrate who shall take appropriate action, "wherein due regard is to be had of willful negligence in any, and such may not pass without severe censure."
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> | Lawes Divine, Morall and Martiall of the Colony of Virginea
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- First set of laws in English America
- Enacted 1607
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- A common penalty for a soldier's infractions was to "be put to death with such Armes he carry." [2.3, 2.7, 2.8, 2.9, 2.21, 2.23, 2.34, 2.37,
- 2.13 " . . . which may unworthy him to carry Armes."
- 2.27 " . . and shall have care of their Armes."
- 2.29 "No man shall sell, give, imbezzell, or play away his Armes, or any part thereof, upon paine of death."
- p 44, "It is the responsibility of the Marshall to "provide that the companies be trained . . . rather shot then other Armes." *p 50 It is prohibited to "run[] where any quarrel is a foote, and companies gathered together, furnished with other Armes then his sword" and to "not repairing to the place of Armes, or Colors at the publique beating of the Drum," or " Of wilfully firing any place, without order from the superior officer," or "Of a souldier being found unfurnished of his armes . . .(3.43)"
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| Revision 10 | r10 - 04 Apr 2010 - 16:57:06 - JuliaS |
| Revision 9 | r9 - 21 Nov 2009 - 09:43:45 - JuliaS |
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