Types of Guns
This was the first successful rapid-fire firearm, invented by Richard Gatling. This gun was used during the American Civil War in the 1860s.
What is the Gatling Gun?
House Resolution 17735, known as the Gun Control Act, was signed into law by a president on October 22nd, 1968.
Who is President Lyndon B. Johnson?
This act banned mail order sales of rifles and shotguns and prohibited most felons, drug users and people found mentally incompetent from buying guns.
What is the Gun Control Act?
This incident caused new gun laws to be passed in Florida. 4 high school students and three school administrators were killed in the incident.
What is the incident of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School – Feb. 14, 2018?
Historians estimate that as early as 850 A.D. this was invented.
What is gunpowder?
This was the world's first sub-machine gun (a fully automatic firearm which fires pistol cartridges) able to be maneuvered by a single soldier.
What is the MP18?
This kid is the youngest document school shooter.
Who is Dedrick Owens?
Fact: He was not charged with murder cause of his age.
This Act, which regulates firearms at the federal level, requires that citizens and legal residents must be at least 18 years of age to purchase shotguns or rifles and ammunition. All other firearms(handguns) can only be sold to people 21 and older.
What is the Gun Control Act of 1968?
This is the deadliest school shooting in U.S. history. A 23-year-old student opened fire at two locations. In total, he killed 32 victims and injured 23 others before turning the gun on himself.
What is the incident of Virginia Tech – April 16, 2007?
During this war, some American militia fighters engaged in guerilla-style tactics using their hunting rifles to take out British soldiers from distant cover.
What is the Revolutionary War?
This gun is the most powerful gun that you can legally own.
What is .50-caliber rifle?
This deputy stayed outsider while an active shooter was in a Florida school. He did not investigate the source of the gunshots, retreated during the shooting while victims were still under attack and directed other law enforcement officers to remain 500 feet away from the building.
Who is Deputy Scot Peterson?
This amendment provides U.S. citizens the right to bear arms. Ratified in December 1791, the amendment says: A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
What is the Second Amendment?
This incident was by a man that killed his mother and then after he drove to a nearby elementary school and opened fire, killing 20 children and six school administrators before killing himself.
What is the incident of Sandy Hook Elementary School – Dec. 14, 2012?
During this war, local gunsmiths began to manufacture their own versions of the European-made muskets.
What is the American Revolution?
This gun is the "most popular rifle in America". More than 8 million Americans own it.
What is AR-15
Passage of the Gun Control Act was initially prompted by the assassination of this U.S. President.
Who is President John F. Kennedy?
This law requires background checks on people purchasing guns, through the National Instant Criminal Background Check System.
What is the Brady Laws?
This incident happened in Flint, Michigan on February 29,2000. The boy that caused the incident is the youngest documented school shooter. (6 years old)
What is the incident of Kayla Rolland?
This gun is sometimes referred to as “The Gun that Won the West." In 1836, the creator received a U.S. patent for a handheld pistol that featured a multi-firing system based on a rotating barrel with multiple chambers that could fire bullets through a lock and spring design.
What is the Colt .45 revolver?
This is considered the slowest gun. This is an ultra slow, short bullet used for small game, but also by killers seeking to pith their victims with a shot to the back of the head.
What is a .22 short rifle (subsonic round).
This teacher is being credited with disarming a student suspected of opening fire at an Indiana middle school. This teacher tackled the shooter when he came in the room and opened fire.
Who is Jason Seaman?
Fact: He was shot but survived and went through surgery. 3 shots - 1 through the abdomen, 1 in the hip & 1 in the forearm.
These types of laws prohibits the purchase and possession of firearms by people who fall within certain categories, such as convicted felons, domestic abusers, and people with specific kinds of mental health histories.
What are Federal Laws?
This incident was a school shooting and attempted bombing that occurred on April 20, 1999. 12 students and one teacher were killed. This was the first school shooting.
What is the Columbine High School massacre?
This gun loaded multiple cartridges at once by storing them in a magazine at the rear of the gun. Each shot was then fed into the chamber through a manual mechanism. (A favorite of President Abraham Lincoln).
What is the Spencer Gun?