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A distinct and growing sub-culture of American gun culture has been developed and promoted by African Americans since at least the end of the American Civil War.From Frederick Douglass, DuBois, Ida B. Wells and Marcus Garvey, the American Civil Rights movement, and the Pan-African movement, an array of African American gun cultures and philosophies of violence and self-defense have ...
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 ...
Another 2019 study in the American Journal of Public Health found that states with right-to-carry laws were associated with a 29% higher rate of firearm workplace homicides. [101] A 2019 study in the Journal of Empirical Legal Studies found that right-to-carry laws led to an increase in overall violent crime. [102]
With gun control laws front and center, AOL's Money and Finance team is covering the impact of guns on American life -- jobs, culture, community, economy. From the effect of firearm permits on ...
The Federal Firearms Act of 1938 (FFA) imposed a federal license requirement on gun manufacturers, importers, and persons in the business of selling firearms. The term federal firearms licensee (FFL) is used to refer to those on whom the license requirement is imposed. [1] The "FFL" abbreviation is also used to refer to the license itself. [2]
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.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 12 December 2024. American nonprofit organization For other uses, see National Rifle Association (disambiguation). National Rifle Association of America Headquarters in Fair Oaks, Virginia Founded November 17, 1871 ; 153 years ago (1871-11-17) Founder William Conant Church George Wood Wingate Founded at ...
When you think of 100% American firearms, Ruger—officially known as Sturm, Ruger & Co.—immediately comes to mind. Founded in 1949 by enthusiastic gun makers in Connecticut, Ruger has remained ...