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The Colt M1911 (also known as 1911, Colt 1911, Colt .45, or Colt Government in the case of Colt-produced models) is a single-action, recoil-operated, semi-automatic pistol chambered for the .45 ACP cartridge. [10]
The Sullivan Act was a gun control law in New York state that took effect in 1911. [1] [2] The NY state law requires licenses for New Yorkers to possess firearms small enough to be concealed.
The bill had three provisions: to make illegal the manufacture, importation, sale or offer, or to give or lend any large-capacity magazine as defined as having the capacity to accept more than ten rounds; the addition of a "generic" definition list to the existing Roberti-Roos legislation; and the exemption to allow on and off duty and retired ...
They may rarely punish their citizens for choosing not to own a gun, but their loose mandates are more about making a statement than enforcing a law.
March 29 – The United States Army formally adopts the M1911 pistol as its standard sidearm, thus giving the gun its 1911 designation. April–June
The Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act, popularly known as the Federal Assault Weapons Ban (AWB or FAWB), was subtitle A of title XI of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, a United States federal law which included a prohibition on the manufacture for civilian use of certain semi-automatic firearms that were defined as assault weapons as well as ...
: Colt's Manufacturing Company of the United States submitted the Colt SSP (stainless steel pistol), a 9×19mm Parabellum variant of the Colt Model 1971, which was an earlier attempt to develop a new service pistol to replace the M1911, with some minor mechanical alterations made for the trials. Colt submitted 30 new SSPs out of a production ...
M1911: Colt Manufacturing Company.45 ACP United States: 1911 M1917 Revolver: Colt Manufacturing Company Smith & Wesson.45 ACP (11.43×23mm) .45 Auto Rim United States: 1917 MAC-10: Military Armament Corporation: 9×19mm Parabellum.45 ACP (11.43x23mm) United States: 1964 Malinnov 1911 Aegis Malinnov Sdn Bhd.45 ACP Malaysia: 2010s Metro Arms SPS ...