[Chi-townChief]

This is an amazing find almost 90 years later to the day. Odd headline, though. I guess WWI was the pistol's fault.

[atomic conspiracy]

Back in the 20s, a German newspaper held a contest for the most sensational headline possible. Most entries dealt with the end of the world, the second coming of Christ, and things of that nature but the winner was "Arch-Duke Franz-Ferdinand Alive, World War Fought by Mistake!"

[Libertarian444]

The Browning pistol that killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand and sparked the crisis leading to World War I has been discovered</P.

Yep, that darned pistol just leapt off the table all by itself and sparked the deaths of millions. In the interest of saving "the children" from a such a similar fate, we'd better ban all those evil things.

[COBOL2Java]

The pistol killed 8.5 million people? Writer must be a gun-grabber. All this time I thought it was a person who pulled the trigger.

[dangus]

People with guns don't kill people. Guns kill people. Come on, the DU exit exam can't be that tough!

[Serb5150]

The title threw me a little too...

[Pagey]

bttt

[Colorado Doug]

Are there any gun greats out there who could help me find out about an old flintlock pistol that came from Kaiser Wilhelm's gun collection? I have a photo of it soon after it was uh . . . liberated in 1917 or 18. I will see if I can post a picture of it.

[Colorado Doug]

That's my dad in the middle, with the flintlock and a few other "liberated"" items, like the helmets. By the way, what is the statute of limitations on war souvenirs?

[Lancey Howard]

Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin

A careful study of Rasputin and the Czar's Russia is also helpful in understanding the winds of war. That was one very interesting time in world history. I recommend The Life and Times of Grigorii Rasputin by Alex DeJong. There are many other good ones as well.