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Richard Gatling died. The Gatling gun, an early type of machine gun, was named after him.
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First automatic rifle a Winchester was invented.
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The Springfield Rifle, Model 1903, adopted by the U.S. military.
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U.S. military adopts .30-06 cartridge for use in M1903 Springfield rifle.
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The Model 1911 in .45 ACP, designed by John Browning, adopted by the U.S. military.
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US army tested the 1st machine gun mounted on a plane.
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A Naval torpedo, launched from an airplane, was patented by B.A. Fiske.
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At Luik, German 12"/16.5" guns reached Belgian boundary.
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A light machine gun used during most of the 20th century.
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The U.S. Rifle, Model 1917, or American Enfield, produced as a modification of the British rifle to allow use of American ammunition.
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The thompson submachine gun was the first handheld machine gun. It help end the first world war. It is most famous because of its use by the gangsters of the prohabition era.
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The Browning .50 Caliber Machine Gun entered U.S. military service. It remains in service, the longest serving firearm iin history.
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The Browning Automatic Rifle, designed by John Browning, adopted by the U.S. military.
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The Colt .45 automatic was modified and became the Model 1911 A1.
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John C. Garand developed the M-1 semiautomatic rifle.
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National Firearms Act regulated machineguns, silencers, and short-barreled rifles and shotguns.
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A light machine gun used by the British in WWII. It is still used today.
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United States v. Miller decided upholding the National Firearms Act, ruling that a short-barrelled shotgun is not a militia weapon.
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US Supreme Court Justice James McReynolds in the US vs. Miller case said that the 2nd Amendment did not bar restrictions on the ownership of sawed-off shotguns.
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The first bazooka rocket gun, produced in Bridgeport, Ct
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In Russia Sgt. Mikhail Kalashnikov created the AK-47.
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1st U.S. missle launced.
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Uzi Gal, the inventor of Israel's Uzi submachine gun.
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The US military unveiled a Nike guided missile at the SF Presidio.
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The first M-16 Rifles were delivered to the U.S. Army.
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The Minigun was practically the Gatling gun on steriods. Shooting about 6,000 rounds per minute. First used on helicopters in the Vietnam war. Now are attached to helicopters, car, hummers, and tripods.
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It regulated firearms above .50-caliber as destructive devices and required registration and owner’s fingerprints. Enforcement was up to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.
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NASA researcher, began developing the Taser in 1969 to combat hijackings and riots.
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The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms is created within the Treasury Department, with the thinking that the taxation of these items is similar work.
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taser was created.
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The Law Enforcement Protection Act bans the possession of "cop killer" bullets that can shoot through bulletproof armor.
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Gun-rights groups successfully lobbied for law allowing firearms to be transported across state lines.
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The .40 S&W cartridge introduced.
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President Clinton signed into law the Brady bill, which required a five-day waiting period for handgun purchases and background checks of prospective buyers.
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Enforced a five day wait-period to buy a hand-gun, It amended a 1968 law that prohibited felons from buying guns and required a 5-day waiting period for a handgun purchase to allow for a criminal record check.
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The US House passed the assault weapons ban.
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Smith & Wesson, a US gun maker, agreed to introduce a series of safety measures.
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Smith and Wesson signed an unprecedented agreement with the Clinton administration to, among other things, include safety locks with all of its handguns to make them more childproof; in return, the agreement called for federal, state and city lawsuits against the gun maker to be dropped.
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This rifle set the world record for distance kill. The distance was 1.5 miles
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Thousands of mothers and children gather in Washington, D.C. and cities across the country for the Million Mom March, a demonstration for "common sense" gun control laws.
