1840 - Guns begin to use pin-fire cartridges. 1847 - The telegraph is invented. 1850 - True shotguns in common use. In the second half of the 18th century, musket design branched out. This period ...
"When the owner picks it up, or somebody the owner has chosen, the gun will work for them," the inventor told INSIDER. "But if a child finds it, a teenager tries to use it to commit suicide ...
During a raid on his illegal whiskey distilling operation in 1921, Williams was accused of killing a deputy. After he got out of prison, he helped to design a gun that armed soldiers during World War ...
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Lonnie Johnson: I'm Lonnie Johnson. I'm an inventor. The invention that most people know me for is the Super Soaker water gun. I knew the gun worked well, and I knew it would be successful.