Author: Claud E. Fuller
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
The Whitney Firearms
Author: Claud E. Fuller
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
The Whitney Wolverine
Author: Antonio J. Taglienti
Publisher: Man At Arms Bookshelf
ISBN: 9781931464352
Category : Firearms
Languages : en
Pages : 159
Book Description
Publisher: Man At Arms Bookshelf
ISBN: 9781931464352
Category : Firearms
Languages : en
Pages : 159
Book Description
The Whitney Navy Revolver
Author: Daniel E. Williams
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
ISBN: 9780764342493
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book is primarily a reference for the most famous revolver manufactured by Eli Whitney, Jr. during the late-1850s and throughout the American Civil War. The Whitney Navy Revolver documents the results of a two-year research project and provides clear and current information on the various models and types. A thorough description along with photographs of each model and type of Whitney Navy revolver is found in this book. In addition to serving as a reference work, this book provides a brief history of the firearms development and marketing efforts of Eli Whitney, Jr. along with extensive information on the use of his revolvers by both the North and South during the Civil War. Photographs of Union and Confederate soldiers with Whitney revolvers are included, along with a photograph of the Whitney revolver used by Confederate cavalry commander, General JEB Stuart. Much additional information is found in this book, including photographs of engraved revolvers, cartridge conversion models, and other revolvers that were copies of the Whitney Navy revolver. This book is a must for collectors and students of historical firearms.
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
ISBN: 9780764342493
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book is primarily a reference for the most famous revolver manufactured by Eli Whitney, Jr. during the late-1850s and throughout the American Civil War. The Whitney Navy Revolver documents the results of a two-year research project and provides clear and current information on the various models and types. A thorough description along with photographs of each model and type of Whitney Navy revolver is found in this book. In addition to serving as a reference work, this book provides a brief history of the firearms development and marketing efforts of Eli Whitney, Jr. along with extensive information on the use of his revolvers by both the North and South during the Civil War. Photographs of Union and Confederate soldiers with Whitney revolvers are included, along with a photograph of the Whitney revolver used by Confederate cavalry commander, General JEB Stuart. Much additional information is found in this book, including photographs of engraved revolvers, cartridge conversion models, and other revolvers that were copies of the Whitney Navy revolver. This book is a must for collectors and students of historical firearms.
Living with Guns
Author: Craig Whitney
Publisher: Public Affairs
ISBN: 1610391691
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
A former editor at the New York Times examines the war over gun control in America and the rigid and intolerant ideologies that have informed the debate on both sides for more than 50 years. 20,000 first printing.
Publisher: Public Affairs
ISBN: 1610391691
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
A former editor at the New York Times examines the war over gun control in America and the rigid and intolerant ideologies that have informed the debate on both sides for more than 50 years. 20,000 first printing.
The Gunning of America
Author: Pamela Haag
Publisher:
ISBN: 0465048951
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 530
Book Description
"An acclaimed historian explodes the myth about the 'special relationship' between Americans and their guns, revealing that savvy 19th century businessmen--not gun lovers--created American gun culture"--
Publisher:
ISBN: 0465048951
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 530
Book Description
"An acclaimed historian explodes the myth about the 'special relationship' between Americans and their guns, revealing that savvy 19th century businessmen--not gun lovers--created American gun culture"--
Eli Whitney Collection
Author: Eli Whitney
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Armories
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Photographs, negatives, will, genealogy, booklets, clippings, printed matter, and other materials, relating to Eli Whitney, inventor, mechanical engineer, and manufacturer of firearms, and other family members. Includes framed certificate of inspection of muskets by Luther Sage (1816 Aug. 12); negatives of Whitney firearms; pamphlets relating to the Whitney Museum (Hamden, Conn.), Whitney Armory (Whitneyville), and original boarding house where Whitney lived with his workers; lectures (1838) given at Yale College engineering school; and articles on Eli Whitney by Joseph W. Roe, Rachel M. Hartley, and others.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Armories
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Photographs, negatives, will, genealogy, booklets, clippings, printed matter, and other materials, relating to Eli Whitney, inventor, mechanical engineer, and manufacturer of firearms, and other family members. Includes framed certificate of inspection of muskets by Luther Sage (1816 Aug. 12); negatives of Whitney firearms; pamphlets relating to the Whitney Museum (Hamden, Conn.), Whitney Armory (Whitneyville), and original boarding house where Whitney lived with his workers; lectures (1838) given at Yale College engineering school; and articles on Eli Whitney by Joseph W. Roe, Rachel M. Hartley, and others.
Weapon of Choice
Author: Fredrick E. Ayres
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674241096
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
How ordinary Americans, frustrated by the legal and political wrangling over the Second Amendment, can fight for reforms that will both respect gun owners’ rights and reduce gun violence. Efforts to reduce gun violence in the United States face formidable political and constitutional barriers. Legislation that would ban or broadly restrict firearms runs afoul of the Supreme Court’s current interpretation of the Second Amendment. And gun rights advocates have joined a politically savvy firearm industry in a powerful coalition that stymies reform. Ian Ayres and Fredrick Vars suggest a new way forward. We can decrease the number of gun deaths, they argue, by empowering individual citizens to choose common-sense gun reforms for themselves. Rather than ask politicians to impose one-size-fits-all rules, we can harness a libertarian approach—one that respects and expands individual freedom and personal choice—to combat the scourge of gun violence. Ayres and Vars identify ten policies that can be immediately adopted at the state level to reduce the number of gun-related deaths without affecting the rights of gun owners. For example, Donna’s Law, a voluntary program whereby individuals can choose to restrict their ability to purchase or possess firearms, can significantly decrease suicide rates. Amending Red Flag statutes, which allow judges to restrict access to guns when an individual has shown evidence of dangerousness, can give police flexible and effective tools to keep people safe. Encouraging the use of unlawful possession petitions can help communities remove guns from more than a million Americans who are legally disqualified from owning them. By embracing these and other new forms of decentralized gun control, the United States can move past partisan gridlock and save lives now.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674241096
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
How ordinary Americans, frustrated by the legal and political wrangling over the Second Amendment, can fight for reforms that will both respect gun owners’ rights and reduce gun violence. Efforts to reduce gun violence in the United States face formidable political and constitutional barriers. Legislation that would ban or broadly restrict firearms runs afoul of the Supreme Court’s current interpretation of the Second Amendment. And gun rights advocates have joined a politically savvy firearm industry in a powerful coalition that stymies reform. Ian Ayres and Fredrick Vars suggest a new way forward. We can decrease the number of gun deaths, they argue, by empowering individual citizens to choose common-sense gun reforms for themselves. Rather than ask politicians to impose one-size-fits-all rules, we can harness a libertarian approach—one that respects and expands individual freedom and personal choice—to combat the scourge of gun violence. Ayres and Vars identify ten policies that can be immediately adopted at the state level to reduce the number of gun-related deaths without affecting the rights of gun owners. For example, Donna’s Law, a voluntary program whereby individuals can choose to restrict their ability to purchase or possess firearms, can significantly decrease suicide rates. Amending Red Flag statutes, which allow judges to restrict access to guns when an individual has shown evidence of dangerousness, can give police flexible and effective tools to keep people safe. Encouraging the use of unlawful possession petitions can help communities remove guns from more than a million Americans who are legally disqualified from owning them. By embracing these and other new forms of decentralized gun control, the United States can move past partisan gridlock and save lives now.
Thundersticks
Author: David J. Silverman
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674974743
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
The adoption of firearms by American Indians between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries marked a turning point in the history of North America’s indigenous peoples—a cultural earthquake so profound, says David Silverman, that its impact has yet to be adequately measured. Thundersticks reframes our understanding of Indians’ historical relationship with guns, arguing against the notion that they prized these weapons more for the pyrotechnic terror guns inspired than for their efficiency as tools of war. Native peoples fully recognized the potential of firearms to assist them in their struggles against colonial forces, and mostly against one another. The smoothbore, flintlock musket was Indians’ stock firearm, and its destructive potential transformed their lives. For the deer hunters east of the Mississippi, the gun evolved into an essential hunting tool. Most importantly, well-armed tribes were able to capture and enslave their neighbors, plunder wealth, and conquer territory. Arms races erupted across North America, intensifying intertribal rivalries and solidifying the importance of firearms in Indian politics and culture. Though American tribes grew dependent on guns manufactured in Europe and the United States, their dependence never prevented them from rising up against Euro-American power. The Seminoles, Blackfeet, Lakotas, and others remained formidably armed right up to the time of their subjugation. Far from being a Trojan horse for colonialism, firearms empowered American Indians to pursue their interests and defend their political and economic autonomy over two centuries.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674974743
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
The adoption of firearms by American Indians between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries marked a turning point in the history of North America’s indigenous peoples—a cultural earthquake so profound, says David Silverman, that its impact has yet to be adequately measured. Thundersticks reframes our understanding of Indians’ historical relationship with guns, arguing against the notion that they prized these weapons more for the pyrotechnic terror guns inspired than for their efficiency as tools of war. Native peoples fully recognized the potential of firearms to assist them in their struggles against colonial forces, and mostly against one another. The smoothbore, flintlock musket was Indians’ stock firearm, and its destructive potential transformed their lives. For the deer hunters east of the Mississippi, the gun evolved into an essential hunting tool. Most importantly, well-armed tribes were able to capture and enslave their neighbors, plunder wealth, and conquer territory. Arms races erupted across North America, intensifying intertribal rivalries and solidifying the importance of firearms in Indian politics and culture. Though American tribes grew dependent on guns manufactured in Europe and the United States, their dependence never prevented them from rising up against Euro-American power. The Seminoles, Blackfeet, Lakotas, and others remained formidably armed right up to the time of their subjugation. Far from being a Trojan horse for colonialism, firearms empowered American Indians to pursue their interests and defend their political and economic autonomy over two centuries.
Rifles of the World
Author: John Walter
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780873492027
Category : Firearms
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The definitive illustrated guide to the world's centerfire and rimfire rifles.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780873492027
Category : Firearms
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The definitive illustrated guide to the world's centerfire and rimfire rifles.
Remington Army and Navy Revolvers, 1861-1888
Author: Donald L. Ware
Publisher: UNM Press
ISBN: 9780826342805
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
This detailed history of Remington's role in the development of military weapons is the result of twenty-five years of research of the company's records and military archives.
Publisher: UNM Press
ISBN: 9780826342805
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
This detailed history of Remington's role in the development of military weapons is the result of twenty-five years of research of the company's records and military archives.