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  2. Guillotine - Wikipedia

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    The guillotine used in Luxembourg between 1789 and 1821. A guillotine (/ ˈ ɡ ɪ l ə t iː n / GHIL-ə-teen / ˌ ɡ ɪ l ə ˈ t iː n / GHIL-ə-TEEN / ˈ ɡ i j ə t i n / GHEE-yə-teen) [1] is an apparatus designed for efficiently carrying out executions by beheading. The device consists of a tall, upright frame with a weighted and angled ...

  3. Maiden (guillotine) - Wikipedia

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    'The Maiden' on display at the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh (July 2011) Blade of The Maiden James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton. The Maiden (also known as the Scottish Maiden) is an early form of guillotine, or gibbet, that was used between the 16th and 18th centuries as a means of execution in Edinburgh, Scotland.

  4. Joseph-Ignace Guillotin - Wikipedia

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    Joseph-Ignace Guillotin (French: [ʒozɛf iɲas ɡijɔtɛ̃]; 28 May 1738 – 26 March 1814) was a French physician, politician, and freemason who proposed on 10 October 1789 the use of a device to carry out executions in France, as a less painful method of execution than existing methods.

  5. Trump campaign email: ‘Haul out the Guillotine!’ - AOL

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    In a campaign email Wednesday, former President Trump continued his post-conviction threats of revenge against his enemies by sharing the message “Haul out the Guillotine!” After being found ...

  6. History of the firearm - Wikipedia

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    Self-loaders use energy to reload. The world's first machine gun was the Maxim gun, developed by British inventor Sir Hiram Maxim in 1884. The world's first successful self-loading rifle was the Mondragón rifle, designed in 1908 by Mexican general Manuel Mondragón. It was the first self-loading firearm able to be operated by one person.

  7. Supreme Court to review Trump-era ban on gun 'bump stocks' - AOL

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    The 1968 Gun Control Act expanded the definition of "machine gun" to include accessories “for use in converting a weapon” into a machine gun, and the ATF concluded that bump stocks meet that ...

  8. Man in Trump mask ‘directs’ traffic outside Trump Tower ahead ...

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    This video, filmed in the days running up to the historic hearing, shows the scene outside Trump Tower as crowds gathered in anticipation of his arrival. Man in Trump mask ‘directs’ traffic ...

  9. List of Spanish Civil War weapons of the Nationalists

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    View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. Actions Read; ... Gas Mask. CMP-33 Gas mask spanish; Helmet Combat ... Machine guns. Hotchkiss Mle 1914 machine gun [3]