The right to carry a gun, whether for purposes of self-protection or hunting animals, is an emotional issue embedded deep in the cultural consciousness of the United States. By the 1990s, after some eight decades of destruction wrought by the use of...

The first firearms were small canons, the earliest of which was known as the millimete canon, dating from 1326. Public records from Florence in that same year that indicate a provision for guns in the protection of the town. Within about 30 years,...

The invention of guns followed the development of the explosive black powder in China. The first guns were simple tubes from which to shoot explosive charges, but gradually they were made easier to load, aim, and fire. Guns revolutionized warfare and...

An assembly of a barrel and action from which a projectile is propelled by products of combustion. FIGURE F.2B Inked...

A firearm is a device that can be used as a weapon that fires either single or multiple projectiles propelled at high velocity by the gases produced through rapid, confined burning of a propellant. This process of rapid burning is technically known as...

Nearly all large, and most small, corporations now have a presence on the World Wide Web in some form. Having a Web site is as "expected" a business practice as having a fax line these days, and firearms manufacturers are no exception. In fact,...

E.J. Dionne Jr. The politics of firearms By E.J. DIONNE JR. The Washington Post Tuesday, May 14, 2002 Kayne Robinson deserves an award for his gifts as a prophet. Robinson, a first vice president of the National Rifle Association,...

Gun Control: Left-leaning editorial boards both here and in Europe leaned so hard after the Virginia Tech shootings that they fell all over themselves making spurious arguments. It was, of course, predictable.'What is needed, urgently, is stronger controls over the lethal weapons that cause such...

The evidence will look like a prop list from a John Wayne movie when three antique gun enthusiasts go on trial Monday on charges of bilking a millionaire collector.Buffalo Bill's Winchester rifle. A pair of Colt six-shooters owned by Gen. George Custer. Geronimo's bow and...