Gun Timeline

1912 winchester 12ga

Mar 16, 1912

Winchester came out with one of the more powerful 12 gauge, pump shotguns of the time being

1915 Open carry

Mar 17, 1915

In the early years of 1900 it was legal to openly carry a gun, and it was illegal to conceal carry unless you had a license to do so

1918 Baretta sub machine gun

Mar 16, 1918

In 1918 Baretta made a machine gun that was very popular on and off the streets

End of 1917

Mar 17, 1918

Sub machine guns made a huge roar in the steets when they were introduced in the German war

Sub machine guns introduced 1919

Mar 16, 1919

Sub machine guns were very popular because of power and by being used in the German war

1920 Small talk

Mar 16, 1920

The only gun control in 1920 was a little western small talk about trying to keep guns of of criminals hands (mainly aiming at African Americans)

1920 Thompson Introduction

Mar 16, 1920

Colt made the fastest shooting gun of this time called the Thompson, or other known as the Tommy gun

1921 Lawrence Angel

Mar 16, 1921

A 14 yr old student Lawrence Angel shot his teacher through the arm for sending him to the office

West Virginia 1925

Mar 16, 1925

1925 is when WV made an act outlawing all sub machine guns like the so popular tommy gun

1927 Massachusetts

Mar 16, 1927

Massachusetts made it so you cant own a gun that shoots one bullet after another without reloading known as automatic weapons

1927 Ordering guns

Mar 16, 1927

Also in 1927 there was a law making it so you could not buy firearms like pistols or any concealable firearms online shipped to your door.

1928 Prohibition

Mar 17, 1928

By 1928 the Thompson was nicknamed the gun of prohibition America because of how many gangsters and crimes were committed with it

FDR Tax act

Mar 17, 1934

Franklin D. Rosevelt sought to tax all fire arms and establish national registry of guns

1934 First Gun restriction

Mar 17, 1934

In 1934 they made the first law made to restrict the use of firearms from civilians taking away silincers, sawed off shotguns, and submachine guns, mainly for gang violence

1935 .357 Magnum

Mar 16, 1935

In 1935 Police Officers got the 6 shooter revolver .357 magnum that is insanely powerful

1935 Riots

Mar 17, 1935

In 1935 there was a little bit of a depression with no work going on in the U.S that cause for people to go nuts and grab guns and get violent

1936 College shooting

Mar 17, 1936

Wesley Clow, demanding a passing grade, killed his professor and later shot himself

1938 Federal arms act

Mar 17, 1938

The federal arms act requires anyone who sells firearms to record their sales, and a license to sell guns.