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  2. National Association of Social Workers - Wikipedia

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    The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) is a professional organization of social workers in the United States. NASW has about 120,000 members. [ 1 ] The NASW provides guidance, research, up to date information, advocacy, and other resources for its members and for social workers in general.

  3. Smith & Wesson - Wikipedia

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    Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc. (S&W) is an American firearm manufacturer headquartered in Maryville, Tennessee, United States. Smith & Wesson was founded by Horace Smith and Daniel B. Wesson as the "Smith & Wesson Revolver Company" in 1856, after their previous company, also called the "Smith & Wesson Company" and later renamed as "Volcanic Repeating Arms", was sold to Oliver Winchester and ...

  4. History of the firearm - Wikipedia

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    A stele inscription by Trương Hán Siêu dated to 1312 recorded guns and shots ("súng đạn") among the loots that the Vietnamese obtained from the Chams in a campaign. [11] It indicates that both polities had knowledge of guns and even employed them well before that date.

  5. Massachusetts Arms Company - Wikipedia

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    The Massachusetts Arms Company, of Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts was a manufacturer of firearms and firearm-related products from about 1849 into the early 20th century. The Massachusetts Arms Company was incorporated March 5, 1850 and was founded by Joshua Stevens along with Horace Smith and Daniel Wesson, who later founded Smith & Wesson. It ...

  6. Colt's Manufacturing Company - Wikipedia

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    Colt's Manufacturing Company, LLC (CMC, formerly Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company) is an American firearms manufacturer, founded in 1855 by Samuel Colt that has become a subsidiary of Czech holding company Colt CZ Group. It is the successor corporation to Colt's earlier firearms-making efforts, which started in 1836.

  7. Horace Smith (inventor) - Wikipedia

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    Horace Smith (October 28, 1808 – January 15, 1893) was an American gunsmith, inventor, and businessman. He and his business partner Daniel B. Wesson formed two companies named "Smith & Wesson", the first of which was eventually reorganized into the Winchester Repeating Arms Company and the latter of which became the modern Smith & Wesson.

  8. North American Arms - Wikipedia

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    North American Arms is a United States company, headquartered in Provo, Utah, that manufactures pocket pistols and mini-revolvers, also called mouse guns. [1] The company was originally named Rocky Mountain Arms when it was founded in 1972.

  9. Smith & Wesson Model 1 - Wikipedia

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    As Samuel Colt's patent on the revolver was set to expire in 1856, Horace Smith and Daniel B. Wesson were researching a prototype for a metallic cartridge revolver. When they discovered that a former Colt employee named Rollin White held the patent for a "Bored-through" cylinder, a component needed for this new invention, the two partners approached White to manufacture a newly designed ...