The Statute of Northampton and Carrying Weapons In Public

Clayton E. Cramer, College of Western Idaho, has published The Statute of Northampton (1328) and Prohibitions on the Carrying of Arms. Here is the abstract.

The Statute of Northampton (1328) has been claimed as an ancient prohibition on civilians carrying deadly weapons in public. Analysis of its history and subsequent interpretation reveals otherwise.

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