Sam Colt and the Law of Self-Preservation

American Thinker ^ | December 29, 2012 | Glenn Fairman

[neverdem]

"God made man but Sam Colt made them equal."

Yet is said that the 2nd Amendment follows hard upon the 1st so as to serve as its bodyguard -- providing the added incentive of coercive force by a wary citizenry to guarantee that those initial cherished liberties, expounded by our Founders, did not go the way of the 10th Amendment. The 2nd Amendment, interpreted as the right to bear arms by a free people, has not escaped that yawning chasm that has opened up between the political Right and Left, and the rationale behind this stratification falls along the same familiar tensions of individual vs. collective.

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We now see in Great Britain, a country that has elevated to the status of fetish the disarmament of its society, a towering crescendo in property and violent crimes, as men and women even possessing rifles and shotguns are fearful of using them for fear of being charged for killing or maiming thugs in self-defense. Within the milieu of such a nation of rabbits, the fabric of trust and safety erodes and sends a subliminal message to society that emboldens the brazen and terrifies...

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Perhaps the best indicator of where the 2nd Amendment is the booming sale of handguns; this barometer is rooted in the anxiety and trepidation that Americans feel for both the safety of their families in perilous economic time, while it is a hedge against the predations of a regime that has forgotten its minimalist confines and spilled over into the imperial, the unilateral, and the arbitrary. Gun manufacturers have mockingly named Barack Obama as their Man of the Year for his contribution to a veritable tsunami of firearm sales. This, in itself, might evoke a good belly laugh if the stark implications of it weren't so damn depressing.

[tumblindice]

Boss Spearman: Man's got a right to protect his property and his life, and we ain't lettin' no rancher or his lawman take either. `Open Range'

[Eaker]

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and Mrs. Slim!

[donaldo]

Yes, that 1911 is a beaut, but lest we forget, that’s a John Moses Browning creation. Ditto, virtually every lever action Winchester up to the very early 1900’s. He was the greatest gun designer in history. No one comes close to the Mormon from Ogden. Check out this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-OzdgIXGRE

A longer version:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZxKOBmO4aU

There’s a poster somewhere that includes all of his creations. It will blow your mind!

[donaldo]

Yes, that 1911 is a beaut, but lest we forget, that’s a John Moses Browning creation. Ditto, virtually every lever action Winchester up to the very early 1900’s. He was the greatest gun designer in history. No one comes close to the Mormon from Ogden. Check out this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-OzdgIXGRE

A longer version:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZxKOBmO4aU

There’s a poster somewhere that includes all of his creations. It will blow your mind!

[donaldo]

The guns of John Moses Browning:

U.S. M1895 Colt-Browning machine gun
FN Browning M1899/M1900
Colt Model 1900
Colt Model 1902
Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammer (.38 ACP)
Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless (.32 ACP)
Colt Model 1905
Remington Model 8 (1906), a long recoil semi-automatic rifle
Colt Model 1908 Vest Pocket (.25 ACP)
Colt Model 1908 Pocket Hammerless (.380 ACP)
FN Model 1910
U.S. M1911 pistol (.45 ACP)
Colt Woodsman pistol
Winchester Model 1885 falling-block single shot rifle
Winchester Model 1886 lever-action repeating rifle
Winchester Model 1887 lever-action repeating shotgun
Winchester Model 1890 slide-action repeating rifle (.22)
Winchester Model 1892 lever-action repeating rifle
Winchester Model 1894 lever-action repeating rifle
Winchester Model 1895 lever-action repeating rifle
Winchester Model 1897 pump-action repeating shotgun
Browning Auto-5 long recoil semi-automatic shotgun
U.S. M1917 water-cooled machine gun
U.S. M1919 air-cooled machine gun
U.S. M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR)
U.S. M2 .50-caliber heavy machine gun of 1921 (the famed “Ma-Deuce” weapon)
Remington Model 8 semi-auto rifle
Remington Model 24 semi-auto rifle (.22) Also produced by Browning Firearms (as the SA-22) and several others
Browning Hi-Power (Grand Puissance or GP), the standard sidearm of many military and police forces
The Browning Superposed over/under shotgun was designed by John Browning in 1922 and entered production in 1931
Ithaca Model 37 pump-action repeating shotgun

He didn’t just makes guns, he also developed the following cartridges:

.25 ACP
.32 ACP
.38 ACP
9mm Browning Long
.380 ACP
.45 ACP
.50 BMG

[Figment]

At what point in our history was it made illegal for an individual to own artillery? It had to be legal at some point

[tony549]

Cannons, recoilless rifles, mortars, bazookas, land mines, and grenades were all legal until the 1968 gun control act. Thereafter these items were reclassified as destructive devices falling under the purview of the ATF and required the same registration and clearance as machine guns. In addition, each round of ammunition required the same registration and transfer tax. Prior owners were grandfathered, but had to register each weapon and round of ammunition.

[tony549]

Cannons, recoilless rifles, mortars, bazookas, land mines, and grenades were all legal until the 1968 gun control act. Thereafter these items were reclassified as destructive devices falling under the purview of the ATF and required the same registration and clearance as machine guns. In addition, each round of ammunition required the same registration and transfer tax. Prior owners were grandfathered, but had to register each weapon and round of ammunition.

[Carriage Hill]

JMB was definitely the most prolific.

[Carriage Hill]

Wow; that’d be one helluva poster!

[Carriage Hill]

Here it is:

[SueRae]

I’ve always coveted a Gold Cup. But I don’t know if I should get one anymore. I’m a bit older than in my prime shooting days.

[umgud]

Everybody needs a good 1911 in their stable. Dad’s 78 and has two.

[SueRae]

:-) It always was an easy gun to shoot, strip and reassemble. I’ll see if I can get a custom hand grip.

[donaldo]

Thanks, this is the very poster.

[OregonRancher]

God bless and the same to you!!

[Gritty]

At what point in our history was it made illegal for an individual to own artillery?

When I was a kid in the '50s, you could legally buy a 20mm Finnish Lahti antitank cannon along with ammo. All you needed to do was fill out the form in the magazine, send a money order, and it would be delivered to your door via Railway Express within 15 days. I know, because at age 14 I ordered and got a nice WWII surplus rifle in the mail for (with 75 rds of ammo and a bayonet) for $23.50. Delivered. I hunted with it for years.

That was before the assassination of Robert Kennedy and the subsequent 1968 Gun Control Act. It has been down hill ever since in America.

It was a different America. A free America. Not the cringing metro sexual shell intimidated by the gun control nuts we see today.

[jim_trent]

Gunshops and pawn shops are the same where I am at. Empty. This is worse than the Clinton and the first Obama gun and ammo shortage put together. I am certainly glad I handload.