A Wacky 18th-Century Firearm Is Starring in Modern Gun-Law Debates [More]
You should see what the unimaginitive once said about “flying machines.”
The Puckle gun is no surprise to many of us who pay attention.
And don’t forget the Belton Repeating Flintlock: A Semiautomatic Rifle in 1785.
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Make no mistake about it, the founders could not walk on water, or leap tall buildings with a single bound. But all that aside, they were, as a group, far enough ahead of the current crop of politicians that they invented a system of government that was at once pretty novel and outlandish for the time, but has withstood pretty much everything that has been thrown at it for going on 250 years.
What we’re seeing is that the current crop can’t imagine the things the founders could and did imagine.
Then there is the amaing Griandoni semi automatic repeatng rifle, capable of firing up to 22 separate rounds at a rate of less then en seconds per round. The Brits typically took up to three minutes to reload their weapons after firing their single round, the Yanks, who were “well regulated”(that means practiced, skilled, efficient, effective) could most tmes relod and fire a second round within well under a minute. Often the Regulars thought there were far moer anks in any battle than there were in reality because our side could and did fire at more than twice the speed as the Redcoats.
Training man. That works.