Posted on 09/22/2022 5:45:01 AM PDT by marktwain
Thanks, but still can’t find him in search....weird
That’s a scene from an Arec Ballwin movie!
An illustration scares you silly? Do comic books have the same effect on you? :)
I’m not even very old and we used to carry our plinking rifles on city buses in Los Angeles County all the time. They asked you to have the breech visibly open - that’s all. For a little bolt action .22, you just had to slide the bolt back. We were all well behaved white boys, though. When the blacks started moving in and bringing property crimes, assaults and auto theft with them - that all ended.
Even so.... There had to be a protrusion to catch.
You‘re thinking of the Patterson revolvers? There were some folding trigger models with concealed hammers.
They all look like single action to me, no matter how hard one pulls the trigger, they would not fire until the hammer had been cocked.
North American Arms still makes and sells handguns of similar design with no trigger guards.
I bet those streetcars were cleaner and safer than the subway and buses of New York!! 🤓
He could have looked at the Sears and Roebuck catalog and there viewed drawings of many fine firearms.
It would have been difficult. The first Sears catalog was published five years later, in 1889.
What’s a Sears? A teen in 2022! 🤓
Well Heah I is!
They started off their kids young with guns back in the 1800s!
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Ya'll jus' simmah down, now.
Well, the good news is, a lot of those old “pocket pistols” were relatively underpowered by today’s standards.
Back in 1884 men were men and didn’t need “safety training” :)
My take on the picture/investigation (did anyone read the caption?) is that GGGF of Baldwin and the notepad guy are doing the investigation. Looks like 2 guys on the left are primary suspects showing their guns defensively while Baldwin is pointing his gun and also holding a basket (stolen goods?) and the woman is asserting I have a gun too (”but it’s never been fired”). just my 2 cents.
Also thanks Mark Twain for the graph showing 94% decline in accidental shooting - had no idea prior. Col. Chuck Yeager, RIP, described an accidental shooting in his autobiography where he lost a baby sister. I’m sure anyone who ever encountered such a tragic loss would be happy to know at least how much gun safety has helped.
Just to nit-pick the graph has a series of typos for the 1980’s - becomes obvious if you examine 1988 closer.
Take care all y’all!
Yes you is but try and search fer yerself.....ya don't exist on heah abouts........
Constructive criticism is always welcome.
I don't think I see what you are seeing.
Could you be a little more specific, please?
How true. Bit those slow old bullets carried lots of dirt and filth into the wound. A minor wound might turn gangrene as infection sets in.
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