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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 ...
William Henry was born near Downingtown, Pennsylvania [1] to a family of Scots-Irish extraction. [2] Prior to his service in the Continental Congress, Henry was a gunsmith and provided rifles to the British during the French and Indian War: Henry himself, serving as armorer, accompanied troops on John Forbes's successful mission to retake Fort Duquesne in 1758.
The story hinges upon the enactment and subsequent unintended consequences of several important pieces of U.S. gun control legislation and regulation: the National Firearms Act of 1934, the Gun Control Act of 1968, the Firearm Owners Protection Act of 1986, the Assault Weapons Importation Ban enacted by Presidential executive order in 1989, and the Federal Assault Weapons Ban of 1994.
The Rifle is a 1995 novel by American writer Gary Paulsen. [1] The novel is a work of historical fiction, written for a young adult audience. The story focuses on the history of a rifle crafted prior to the American Revolution, and on the lives of its various owners until the present day. Although Paulsen romanticizes the creation and the ...
Clayton Cramer. Clayton E. Cramer is an American historian, [citation needed] author, gun enthusiast, and software engineer [citation needed].He played an important early role in documenting errors in the book Arming America by Michael A. Bellesiles, a book that was later proven to be based on fraudulent research.
The book received mostly positive reviews. Michael Washburn of The New York Times described it as an "engaging if uneven history of the most famous handgun in contemporary America." [3] Publishers Weekly states "Barrett is right on target, delivering a well-oiled, fact-packed, and fast-paced history of the Glock."
Townsend Whelen (March 6, 1877 – December 23, 1961), called "Townie" by his friends, [1] was an American hunter, soldier, writer, outdoorsman and rifleman. Whelen was a colonel in the United States Army , [ 2 ] and a prolific writer on guns and hunting, writing over two thousand magazine articles in his career.
Written by former Philadelphia Inquirer author Nathan Gorenstein, The Guns of John Moses Browning details the events of John Browning's life, his inventions, and their historical impact. [1] The book provides information on Browning's designs, as well as relevant aspects of his biography that impacted their creation. [ 2 ]