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...Army apparently expected smarter rookies to identify a pistol as a gun. According to Webster, a gun is "any portable firearm except a pistol or revolver...
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...alias George Andrew McMahon) was arraigned as "McMahon" last week under the Treason Act of 1842, enacted after shots had been fired in the general direction of Queen Victoria. He faces seven years' imprisonment if convicted of having "willfully presented near to the person of the King a firearm "with intent" to break the public peace...
...with a firearm. You will be wounded in the left arm, under mysterious circumstances, during a journey. Take the greatest precautions...
Last week massive President Olin was in New Haven. In the arms & munitions industry New Haven has long meant but one thing: Winchester. Since Civil War days Winchester has been one of the foremost names in the U. S. firearms business. Its .30-.30 became the standard deer rifle, its .405 caliber rifle was known from the day it was first sold as death to moose and elk, its 45-.90 probably killed more buffaloes than any other firearm. The company was one of the pioneers in the popular .22 rifle field, has also been a big maker of ammunitions...