{"id":190869,"date":"2023-07-05T11:05:11","date_gmt":"2023-07-05T15:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=181613"},"modified":"2023-07-05T11:05:11","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T17:31:36","slug":"independence-day-celebrates-americas-firearm-heritage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/independence-day-celebrates-americas-firearm-heritage\/","title":{"rendered":"Independence Day Celebrates America&#8217;s Firearm Heritage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/NSSF_Muskets-1024x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-181614\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>By Larry Keane<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"yoast-reading-time__wrapper\"><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__icon\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-icon=\"clock\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" style=\"display:inline-block;vertical-align:-0.1em\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" stroke-width=\"2\" d=\"M12 8v4l3 3m6-3a9 9 0 11-18 0 9 9 0 0118 0z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__spacer\" style=\"display:inline-block;width:1em\"><\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__descriptive-text\">Estimated reading time:  <\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__reading-time\">4<\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__time-unit\"> minutes<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Want to celebrate America\u2019s independence like a Founding Father? Consider getting to a range. It\u2019s what they would have wanted. The celebration of America\u2019s independence, self-determination and revolutionary spirit is rooted in a heritage of responsible firearm ownership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>John Adams, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and later the second President of the United States&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/holidays\/july-4th\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"independence-day-celebrates-americas-firearm-heritage\" title=\"Independence Day Celebrates America's Firearm Heritage\">wrote<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;to his wife Abigail that July 2 would be a day generations of Americans would celebrate with \u201cPomp and Parade\u2026Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations from one End of this Continent to the other.\u201d His prediction was off by two days. That was a day the Second Continental Congress voted for the Declaration and the day he and 55 others signed it. July 4 would become the day Congress formally adopted it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Still, Adams was recognizing that America\u2019s celebration of its birth was also a recognition of the role of firearms in shaping the nation\u2019s identity. America was a nation literally hewn from a wild frontier and birthed under the sound of gunfire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-yoast-seo-table-of-contents yoast-table-of-contents\"><h2>Table of contents<\/h2><ul><li><a href=\"#h-american-arms-production\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"independence-day-celebrates-americas-firearm-heritage\" title=\"Independence Day Celebrates America's Firearm Heritage\" data-level=\"2\">American Arms Production<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-celebration-of-arms\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"independence-day-celebrates-americas-firearm-heritage\" title=\"Independence Day Celebrates America's Firearm Heritage\" data-level=\"2\">Celebration of Arms<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-american-arms-production\">American Arms Production<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The first firearms produced in America started \u201cliterally as a cottage industry\u201d wrote Chris Kyle, former Navy SEAL and author of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/store.chriskylefrogfoundation.org\/collections\/books\/products\/american-gun-book-hard-cover\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"independence-day-celebrates-americas-firearm-heritage\" title=\"Independence Day Celebrates America's Firearm Heritage\"><strong>American Gun<\/strong><\/a>, the book he was writing when he was tragically killed. American guns, he explained, were adaptations of European designs to meet the demands of the American frontier. They were shorter, lighter and rifled, giving the \u201cAmerican Long Rifle,\u201d or Kentucky Long Rifle its place in history. They were the original American guns, designed, manufactured and employed to meet the unique needs of hunting America\u2019s landscapes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those rifles were also employed in America\u2019s rebellion against the British crown. British Lt. Gen Thomas Gage sent a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/american-revolution\/battles-of-lexington-and-concord\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"independence-day-celebrates-americas-firearm-heritage\" title=\"Independence Day Celebrates America's Firearm Heritage\"><strong>700-man force<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;from Boston to Lexington and Concord, Mass., to seize a cache of guns and gunpowder. On April 19, 1775, they were met by 77 Colonists bearing&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sutori.com\/story\/the-battle-of-lexington-and-concord--waw5pCsWDajDoXWsTttZ14UK\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"independence-day-celebrates-americas-firearm-heritage\" title=\"Independence Day Celebrates America's Firearm Heritage\"><strong>whatever guns<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;they could bring. Likely, among them were American made firearms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More than a year before America declared sovereignty, the heritage of America\u2019s fierce independence backed by private gun ownership had taken root.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The notion of a nation\u2019s citizenry was revolutionary for the time, but not for the Founders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/fed-judge-vacates-atf-final-rule-on-unfinished-frames-receivers\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"independence-day-celebrates-americas-firearm-heritage\" title=\"Independence Day Celebrates America's Firearm Heritage\">Fed. Judge Vacates ATF \u2018Final Rule\u2019 On Unfinished Frames, Receivers<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>James Madison, America\u2019s fourth president, wrote in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/guides.loc.gov\/federalist-papers\/text-41-50#s-lg-box-wrapper-25493411\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"independence-day-celebrates-americas-firearm-heritage\" title=\"Independence Day Celebrates America's Firearm Heritage\"><strong>Federalist 46<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;that private firearm ownership was an essential trait of the American character.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAmericans have the right and advantage of being armed \u2013 unlike the citizens of other countries whose governments are afraid to trust the people with arms.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>General George Washington established the \u201cArsenal at Springfield\u201d in 1777, later known as Springfield Armory in Massachusetts. In 1795 it went from storing guns to&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.militaryheritage.com\/musket17.htm\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"independence-day-celebrates-americas-firearm-heritage\" title=\"Independence Day Celebrates America's Firearm Heritage\">producing<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;them with the 1795 Springfield Flintlock Infantry Musket, just a year after now-President Washington&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/spar\/faqs.htm\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"independence-day-celebrates-americas-firearm-heritage\" title=\"Independence Day Celebrates America's Firearm Heritage\">ordered<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;the arsenal to become a full-fledged armory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It would be the first of many storied American gun manufacturers, including Eliphalet Remington, Samuel Colt, Horace Smith and Daniel Wesson, Benjamin Henry, John Moses Browning, Hiram Maxim and in later years, Eugene Stoner, the designer of the modern sporting rifle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-celebration-of-arms\">Celebration of Arms<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Even the first celebrations of the Declaration of Independence involved firearms. Five days after the Declaration\u2019s signing, it was read aloud in New York City in front of General Washington and his troops. The reaction was stunning as it was fitting. Soldiers and citizens went to Bowling Green, a park in Manhattan, and promptly&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.teachushistory.org\/american-revolution\/resources\/pulling-down-statue-george-iii\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"independence-day-celebrates-americas-firearm-heritage\" title=\"Independence Day Celebrates America's Firearm Heritage\"><strong>tore down<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;a statue of King George III on horseback. To add insult to injury, they melted the statute for musket balls, 42,088 of them to be exact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guns, and often big guns, were used to mark America\u2019s independence. July 4, 1777 saw&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/holidays\/july-4th#:~:text=On%20July%204th%2C%20the%20Continental,the%20birth%20of%20American%20independence.\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"independence-day-celebrates-americas-firearm-heritage\" title=\"Independence Day Celebrates America's Firearm Heritage\"><strong>ships cannons<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;fired 13 times in honor of the colonies, along with fireworks. George Washington&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/2018\/07\/03\/july-4th-things-you-didnt-know\/754244002\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"independence-day-celebrates-americas-firearm-heritage\" title=\"Independence Day Celebrates America's Firearm Heritage\">celebrated<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;in 1778 with a double ration of rum for the troops and an artillery salute. In 1810, the War Department&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arlingtoncemetery.mil\/Visit\/Events-and-Ceremonies\/Ceremonies\/21-Gun-Salute\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"independence-day-celebrates-americas-firearm-heritage\" title=\"Independence Day Celebrates America's Firearm Heritage\">established<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;the \u201cnational salute,\u201d of firing one gun for each of the states, which was 17 at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The character of America\u2019s firearm heritage is true to today. In 2021, more than\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nssf.org\/millions-of-first-time-gun-buyers-during-covid-19\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"independence-day-celebrates-americas-firearm-heritage\" title=\"Independence Day Celebrates America's Firearm Heritage\"><strong>5.4 million<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0Americans chose to purchase a firearm for the first time. These are law-abiding citizens seizing their God-given right to keep and bear arms, for self-preservation and self-reliance. It is entirely fitting, and an honor to our national firearm heritage, to make a little noise at a local range and celebrate America\u2019s birth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Larry Keane\u00a0<\/strong><em>is Senior Vice President of Government and Public Affairs and General Counsel for the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nssf.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"independence-day-celebrates-americas-firearm-heritage\" title=\"Independence Day Celebrates America's Firearm Heritage\">National Shooting Sports Foundation<\/a>, the firearms industry trade association.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\" style=\"font-size:24px\"><strong><em>*** <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"independence-day-celebrates-americas-firearm-heritage\" title=\"Independence Day Celebrates America's Firearm Heritage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy and Sell on GunsAmerica!<\/a> ***<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> The celebration of America\u2019s independence, self-determination and revolutionary spirit is rooted in a heritage of responsible firearm ownership.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":115,"featured_media":181614,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_specdata_upc":"","_specdata_placement":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[25,240],"tags":[132,586,311],"featured":[],"hunt365":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-190869","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-current-events","8":"category-this-week","9":"tag-buzz","10":"tag-column","11":"tag-nssf"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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