Another evidence of the spreading rule of reason was provided from Mexico City with the daily hijacking of an American plane by a demented Algerian with a gun.

Are you looking ahead to the exploding market of millions of American boys and girls, who will grow up to enjoy a traditional American way of life -- ranging the fields with a fine American gun and uniformly excellent ammunition??

* 1920 – Jack Cover, American inventor of the Taser gun ( d. 2009 )

British and American forces also deployed vehicles designed for a close support role, but these were conventional tanks whose only significant modification was the replacement of the main gun with a howitzer.

As the amount of German armour encountered by the Allies decreased, especially in Italy, a number of American tank destroyer units were used in the assault gun role for infantry support.

These are a popular compromise for ( American ) shooters who would like to own a submachine gun but cannot due to local restrictions or the prohibitive cost of buying a civilian legal submachine gun ( full automatics or semi-automatics with barrels shorter than are restricted under Title II of the National Firearms Act ).

One example is the American wrought-iron, muzzle-loading rifle, or Griffen gun, used during the American Civil War, which had an effective range of over.

The lightweight American 120 mm XM-291 came close to achieving 17 MJ of muzzle energy, which is the lower-end muzzle energy spectrum for a 140 mm gun.

* 1840 – Hiram Stevens Maxim, American inventor ( Maxim gun ) ( d. 1916 )

The first weapon generally considered in this category is the Gatling gun, originally a carriage-mounted, crank-operated firearm with multiple rotating barrels that was fielded in the American Civil War.

Well-known examples are the Israeli Uzi and Heckler & Koch MP5 which use the 9 × 19mm Parabellum cartridge, and the American Thompson submachine gun which fires. 45 ACP.

The American Academy of Pediatrics ( AAP ) advises that keeping a gun in the home, especially a handgun increases the risk of injury and death for children and youth in the home.

* American M1919 Browning machine gun: originally chambered for. 30-06 Springfield but has since been converted to a variety of calibers ; it was used as an infantry weapon ( light and support roles ) and also mounted on a variety of vehicles, aircraft and naval platforms.

: In American English, the term gunpowder also refers broadly to any gun propellant.

The Gatling gun was designed by the American inventor Dr. Richard J. Gatling in 1861 and patented November 4, 1862.

The Gatling gun was first used in warfare during the American Civil War.

During the American charge up San Juan and Kettle Hills, the three guns fired a total of 18, 000. 30 Army rounds in eight and one-half minutes ( an average of over 700 rpm per gun ) against Spanish troop positions along the crest of both hills, wreaking terrible carnage.

It starred Jamie Bell and Bill Pullman and dealt with gun worship and violence in American society.

Originally, " maschinenpistole " was simply the German word for personal, automatic military weapons, while " submachine gun " was a term coined by John T. Thompson, American inventor of the Thompson submachine gun.

The American firearms and ammunition manufacturers through diligent research and technical development have replaced the muzzle loader and slow-firing single-shot arms with modern fast firing auto-loaders, extremely accurate bolt, lever, and slide action firearms.

Historically, the use of two guns at once, one in each hand, is most associated with the American Old West, where revolvers holding only six rounds of ammunition were the highest capacity handguns available and reloading was a slow process.

Three are Lighter aboard ships ( LASH ) which carry barges called Lighters that contain Army ammunition to be ferried ashore: MV American Cormorant, SS Green Harbour, ( LASH ), SS Green Valley, ( LASH ), MV Jeb Stuart, ( LASH ).

In response to this arms build up, the British Parliament established an embargo on firearms, parts and ammunition on the American colonies.

On June 17, two months into the colonial siege of Boston, at the Battle of Bunker Hill, just north of Boston, British forces are victorious, but only after suffering severe casualties and after Colonial forces run out of ammunition, Fort Ticonderoga is taken by American forces in New York Colony's northern frontier, and American forces unsuccessfully invade Canada, with an attack on Montreal defeated by British forces on November 13 and an attack on Quebec repulsed December 31.

* April 18 – American Revolution: Paul Revere and William Dawes, instructed by Dr. Joseph Warren, ride from Boston to Lexington to warn John Hancock and Sam Adams that British forces are coming to take them prisoner and to seize colonial weapons and ammunition in Concord.

The United States did not use cordite, however, several ammunition filling factories were set up in Canada in World War II to fill American propellant supplied by the USA under Lend-Lease.

Civilization is a 1916 American pacifist allegorical film about a submarine commander who refuses to fire at a civilian ocean liner supposedly carrying ammunition for his country's enemies.

Training focused intensely on jungle warfare, and many successful ' mock ' raids were made on American garrisons who awoke to find dummy time bombs placed on their ammunition dumps, or chalk crosses drawn on the equipment of their guards.

As darkness fell, the American fleet retreated, and the British called off the attack, in part because some boats had run out of ammunition.

The need for a local source of lead for ammunition made Mine La Motte one of the earliest European settlements in the interior of the North American continent.

* Federal Cartridge, American ammunition manufacturer

From early 1776, the French gave supplies, arms, ammunition and volunteers to the American rebels.

He railroaded in Africa, worked as a seaman, saw action in the Philippines as a civilian mule-train packer, supplying American troops with food and ammunition, and in 1899 found himself in China as an aide to newsmen covering the Boxer Rebellion.

Most male citizens of the American Colonies were required by law to own arms and ammunition for militia duty.

After the signing of the treaty French supplies of arms, ammunition, and uniforms proved vital for the Continental Army, while their increased presence in the West Indies forced Britain to redeploy troops and naval units away from the North American colonies to secure their holdings in the Caribbean.

American soldiers crossed into an area which was being shelled with live ammunition by the British heavy cruiser HMS Hawkins.

Additionally, Hinckley had been arrested four days earlier at the Metropolitan Airport in Nashville, Tennessee, when he attempted to board an American Airlines flight for New York with three handguns and some loose ammunition in his carry-on bag.

The next day, his troops, who were tired from working to construct a redoubt and other defensive works, and had only limited ammunition, formed the centerpiece of the American defenses when the British attacked the position.

Due to the poor accuracy of the British weapons at maximum range, and the limited range of the American guns, very little damage was done on either side before the British ceased their attack on the morning of 14 September due to a lack of ammunition.

Unfortunately, few of the artists ( writers, movie producers, dramatists and musicians ) who have used American folklore since 1900 have known enough to distinguish between the two streams even in the most general of ways.

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The early disco sound was largely an urban American phenomenon with producers and labels such as SalSoul Records ( Ken, Joe and Stanley Cayre ), West End Records ( Mel Cheren ), Casablanca ( Neil Bogart ), and Prelude ( Marvin Schlachter ) to name a few.

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Besides American Mutoscope, there were also numerous smaller producers in the United States, and some of them established a long-term presence in the new century.

American Vitagraph, one of these minor producers, built studios in Brooklyn, and expanded its operations in 1905.

There were a few producers, such as the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, which did not sell their films, but exploited them solely with their own exhibition units.

Although the war made things much worse for European producers, the technical qualities of American films made them increasingly attractive to audiences everywhere.

Many British films are co-productions with American producers, often using both British and American actors, and British actors feature regularly in Hollywood films.

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Lucas is one of the American film industry's most financially successful directors / producers, with an estimated net worth of $ 3. 3 billion as of 2012.

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