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  2. Gun Timeline | History Detectives - PBS

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    Historical timeline of the development of modern weapons starting at 1364 with the first recorded use of a firearm and ending in 1892 with the introduction of automatic handguns. 1364 - First ...

  3. How bump stocks ended up before the U.S. Supreme Court

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    Bump stocks were invented in the early 2000s after the expiration of a 1994 ban targeting assault weapons.

  4. The History of Dueling in America | American Experience | PBS

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    Most duelists chose guns as their weapons. The large caliber, smoothbore flintlock pistols Hamilton and Burr used in their encounter typified the American dueling weapons.

  5. Who Made America? | Innovators | Hiram Maxim - PBS

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    A Knack for Invention. In 1884, Hiram Maxim built the first effective machine gun, which revolutionized warfare. Born in 1840 in Sangersville, Maine, Maxim was apprenticed at 14 to a carriage maker.

  6. Who Made America? | Innovators | Samuel Colt - PBS

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    Interest in Guns In the nineteenth century, Sam Colt's name was synonymous with his revolving-breech pistol, a weapon that was said to have "won the West."

  7. Guns, Germs, and Steel - Transcript Episode 1: Out of Eden - PBS

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    fascinating as the questions of guns, germs and steel, because they’re the biggest questions of human history. Voiceover: What separates the haves from the have nots? How have guns, germs and steel shaped the history of the world? Titles: Episode 1: Out of Eden Jared in boat on river, photographing birds

  8. Civil War Innovations | History Detectives - PBS

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    Richard Gatling invented the gun in the hopes that a weapon so catastrophic in its damage would convince men to stop waging war. Unfortunately, its efficiency in killing only made war more deadly.

  9. Weapons of War | American Experience | Official Site | PBS

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    Weapons of War. A U.S. Air Force F-4 flies with the 82nd Aerial Targets Squadron over White Sands Missile Range. A list of aircrafts and big guns ⁠used by U.S. Forces followed by the North ...

  10. Guns Germs & Steel: The Show. Episode Three. Transcript - PBS

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    Geography gave Europeans the most productive crops and animals on the planet, and these allowed them to develop guns, germs and steel – three great forces of conquest that have shaped human history.

  11. DARPA: Weapons of the Future | American Experience | PBS

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    DARPA is created in 1958, over 10 years after the war ends. Are the same people involved? They were absolutely pulling from the same well.