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The Browning M1910 and the Assassination of Paul Doumer

The Browning M1910 and the Assassination of Paul Doumer

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In this edition, we explore the Browning M1910, used in some of the more sordid assassinations that shaped our modern world.

The Guns of the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre: Al Capone Gets Away with Murder

The Guns of the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre: Al Capone Gets Away with Murder

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Sometimes men commit premeditated mass murder based upon pure unfiltered greed. This is the sort of killing we’re investigating today.

The Manliest American Who Ever Lived and the Gun That Didn't Stop Him

The Manliest American Who Ever Lived and the Gun That Didn’t Stop Him

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Theodore Roosevelt was so manly that he was shot in the chest while giving a speech, but chose to finish the speech before getting help. This is the story of that assassination attempt, and how it became barely a footnote in the life of a great American.

The Assassination of William McKinley: Of Hopeless Causes and One Seriously Pathetic Pistol

The Assassination of William McKinley: Of Hopeless Causes and One Seriously Pathetic Pistol

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President McKinley was assassinated by a lunatic with a gun so small that no adult could hold it properly. But the president’s death changed American history and ushered Theodore Roosevelt to the Oval Office.

Heroes Hidden in Plain Sight: The Browning Automatic Rifle

Heroes Hidden in Plain Sight: The Browning Automatic Rifle

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It turned out that Mr. Roberson was my neighbor down the road, and he ultimately shared a lot of stories. A literal lifetime before this unassuming Mississippi farmer carried a Browning Automatic Rifle as a member of the 5th Ranger Battalion in World War 2. On June 6th, 1944, he landed in the first wave on Omaha Beach fighting alongside the 116th Infantry Regiment.

The Most Epic Response to the #ThisIsMyLane Battle Between Physicians and the NRA

The Most Epic Response to the #ThisIsMyLane Battle Between Physicians and the NRA

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I was a soldier before I was a physician. Most of my well-intentioned medical colleagues have never known a world without laws, structure, and civilization. The only thing worse than school shootings is six million dead Jews. America needs private ownership of firearms as a hedge against tyranny today more than we did in 1776.

The Browning Hi Power: The Superlative WWII Combat Handgun That Played Both Sides

The Browning Hi Power: The Superlative WWII Combat Handgun That Played Both Sides

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The Hi Power has the dubious distinction of being the only production firearm to see general issue among both Allied and Axis forces during World War II. It’s still in service throughout the world today.

The PIAT Gun That Saved the World: “It Was Rubbish, Really."

The PIAT Gun That Saved the World: “It Was Rubbish, Really.”

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It may have been ugly, almost impossible to cock, and “rubbish, really,” but the PIAT gun was also a fierce weapon against Nazi tanks.

The Webley Revolver: The Seminal British Combat Wheelgun

The Webley Revolver: The Seminal British Combat Wheelgun

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Lieutenant Blowers carried nothing more than his six-shot Webley revolver as a personal defense weapon. Crawling through fetid German trenches stacked deep with corpses both fresh and otherwise, Blowers and his crew picked their way across the most dangerous terrain on earth.

Lee-Enfield Rifle: The Long Arm of the British Empire and the story of Lachhiman Gurung

Lee-Enfield Rifle: The Long Arm of the British Empire and the story of Lachhiman Gurung

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During WWII, a man from Nepal held off more than thirty Japanese troops, while armed with just a knife and Lee Enfield rifle. This is the story of Lachhiman Gurung and his rifle.