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The history of the firearm begins in 10th-century China, when tubes containing gunpowder projectiles were mounted on spears to make portable fire lances. [1] Over the following centuries, the design evolved into various types, including portable firearms such as flintlocks and blunderbusses , and fixed cannons, and by the 15th century the ...
The thesis of Arming America is that gun culture in the United States did not have roots in the colonial and early national period but arose during the 1850s and 1860s. The book argues that guns were uncommon during peacetime in the United States during the colonial, early national, and antebellum periods, that guns were seldom used then and that the average American's proficiency in use of ...
In his 1970 article "America as a Gun Culture," [37] historian Richard Hofstadter used the phrase "gun culture" to characterize America as having a long-held affection for guns, embracing and celebrating the association of guns and an overall heritage relating to guns. He also noted that the US "is the only industrial nation in which the ...
The 480-year-old gun was likely built in the early 1500s and brought on the expedition after manufacturing in either Mexico or the Caribbean, the study suggests. It was then abandoned at the site ...
Race, Rights, and Rifles: The Origins of the NRA and Contemporary Gun Culture is a book by American author and academic Alexandra Filindra. [a] Published in 2023 by the University of Chicago Press, and part of its Chicago Studies in American Politics series, [1] the book explores the historical trajectory of American gun culture, tracing it back to the nation's founding era.
1. Henry Repeating Arms. Going by the motto "Made in America, or Not Made at All," gun enthusiasts can rest assured that Henry Repeating Arms is deeply rooted in local tradition.
The Court did not invalidate any of the other provisions of New York's law requiring people who carry guns in public to obtain a permit. In fact, Justice Kavanaugh stated in his concurrence that, "[g]oing forward, therefore, the 43 States that employ objective shall-issue licensing regimes for carrying handguns for self-defense may continue to ...
A historian explains how the U.S. was able to enact a federal gun control law in 1968, and why such a law would be hard to pass today.